Rawlinsonia Wells & Wellington 1985

Rawlinsonia Wells & Wellington, 1985: 5 (Fig. 30) Type species: Hyla ewingii Duméril & Bibron, 1841, by original designation. Content: Eight species— Rawlinsonia corbeni * (Wells & Wellington, 1985), Rawlinsonia ewingii* (Duméril & Bibron, 1841), Rawlinsonia jervisiensis * (Duméril & Bibron, 1841), Rawlinsonia littlejohni * (White et al., 1994), Rawlinsonia paraewingi * (Watson, Loftus-Hills & Littlejohn, 1971) comb. nov., Rawlinsonia revelata * (Ingram, Corben & Hosmer, 1982), Rawlinsonia verreauxii * (Duméril, 1853), Rawlinsonia watsoni * (Mahony, Moses, Mahony, Lemckert & Donnellan, 2020) comb. nov. Diagnosis: Rawlinsonia can be diagnosed from Colleeneremia by three vs. two slips of the m. extensor digitorum communis, by a call type that is only pulse repetition vs. a combined pulse repetition and pulsatile call type; from Pengilleyia by ossified vs. cartilaginous intercalary structures; from Saganura by small to medium vs. large eggs, and by a pulse repetition vs. tonal call type. Refer to Tables 1 and 2. Distribution and ecology: Arboreal frogs that breed in permanent ponds and slow flowing water in streams in forests, woodlands, heaths, grasslands, and modified habitats in eastern Australia. Etymology: According to Wells and Wellington (1985), named for Peter Rawlinson in recognition of his contributions to Australian herpetology. By their inclusion of the feminine adjectival species epithets alpina, dentata, and revelata in their genus, the gender is to be treated as feminine (Article 30.2.3). Remarks: Rawlinsonia is the equivalent of the Litoria ewingii Group of Tyler and Davies (1978).