Revision of the water-holding frogs, Cyclorana platycephala (Anura: Hylidae), from arid Australia, including a description of a new species Author Anstis, Marion Author Price, Luke C. Author Roberts, J. Dale Author Catalano, Sarah R. Author Hines, Harry B. Author Doughty, Paul Author Donnellan, Stephen C. text Zootaxa 2016 4126 4 451 479 journal article 38775 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.1 a1bda414-5f10-4c37-8ea2-d0764ed19224 1175-5326 271746 D5D8286A-E9B2-4FD8-B39A-304678C4ABD8

TABLE 3. Summary of adult morphological comparisons between preserved specimens of Cyclorana platycephala sensu lato from eastern and northern populations, and C. occidentalis, with sample size (n) examined for each.

Character Tympanum Snout (dorsal view) Snout (profile) Canthus rostralis	C. platycephala eastern (n = 87) Distinct (100%) Rounded (66%); truncate (34%) Rounded (59%); truncate (41%) Mostly slightly curved in lateral and anterior views, curved in some; some with a slight ridge and concave loreal region.	C. platycephala northern (n = 24) Distinct (96%); indistinct (4%) Rounded (86%); truncate (14%) Rounded (18%); truncate (82%) Slightly curved and weakly defined in lateral and anterior views, almost non-existent in those with a very short snout.	C. occidentalis (n = 19) Distinct (100%) Rounded (62%); truncate (38%) Rounded (62%); truncate (38%) Slightly curved or curved in lateral and anterior views; some have a slight ridge between eye and naris.
Nares	Closer to snout than eyes, very close to snout when snout short.	Closer to snout than eyes, very close to snout when snout short.	Closer to snout than eyes.
Dorsal skin texture	Dorsum smooth (55%); smooth with granular sides (36%); mostly smooth with a few to several scattered tubercles (9%)	Dorsum smooth (71%); mostly smooth with small to very fine low tubercles (29%); sides smooth (88%) or finely granular (12%)	Dorsum heavily tubercular with scattered skin folds (51%); mostly smooth with scattered less distinct small low tubercles (46%); smooth (3%)
Ventral skin texture	Smooth (62%); finely granular (31%); granular (7%)	Smooth (50%); finely granular (50%)	Smooth (23%); finely granular (27%); granular (50%)
Supra-tympanic fold	Distinct (33%); indistinct (66%); absent (1%)	Distinct (73%); indistinct (27%)	Distinct (69%); indistinct (31%).
Long dorsolateral skin fold Other skin folds (usually short) Dorsal pigment	Distinct (1%); indistinct (33%); absent (66%) None (96%); some (4%) Grey, with or without pink or reddish tinge, all green, brown, reddish-brown or light brown, many with diffuse darker flecks, some have faint mottling. 3% had a faint pale vertebral stripe. Limbs frequently with darker flecks or mottling, upper lip/ sides of head mostly mottled (heavily in some). EN and ET slightly darker in many.	Distinct (25%); indistinct (29%); absent (46%) None (95%); some (5%) Grey, reddish-grey or occasionally brown, some with scattered diffuse darker spots. Upper lip diffusely mottled in many. Limbs uniform or slightly mottled/ flecked. ET and EN slightly darker in some.	Distinct (58%); indistinct (39%); absent (3%) None (24%); some (52%); several (24%) Grey, brown or grey-brown, many with indistinct darker spots, some with more distinct spots and patches and one heavily mottled with distinct darker patches. Limbs mostly mottled, sides of body and upper lip often mottled. ET and EN dusky in many.
Ventral pigment	Uniform cream or white, rarely with scattered grey spots; throat dusky to dark grey or black in mature males.	Uniform cream or white, rarely mottled or with flecks on sides of chest and throat; throat dusky to black in mature males.	Uniform cream or white, many lightly spotted with grey or brown, some spotted only on throat; throat black in mature males.