Melvillihyla Richards, Donnellan & Mahony 2025, gen. nov.

Melvillihyla Richards, Donnellan & Mahony, gen. nov. (Fig. 22) ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 30C05CFB-255B-4889-A162-FEC1C99BAF 73 Type species: Litoria andiirrmalin McDonald, 1997. Content: One species— Melvillihyla andiirrmalin * (McDonald, 1997) comb. nov. Diagnosis: Melvillihyla can be diagnosed from Rhyaconastes by its large vs. medium size, ossified vs. cartilaginous intercalary structures, tadpole oral disc Type 1 vs. Type 3, overall tadpole morphology Type 5 vs. Type 6, and single vs. multiple notes per reproductive call. Refer to Tables 1 and 2. Distribution and ecology: Terrestrial boulder dwelling frogs that breed in streams within rainforest in Cape Melville in north-eastern Australia. Etymology: Named for Cape Melville, north Queensland which contains the species’ entire distribution. The gender, based on the frog generic name Hyla, is feminine. Remarks: A monotypic genus with a distribution restricted to Cape Melville which has a unique combination of geology, rainforest and sclerophyll forest communities, and climate (McDonald 1997).