Species boundaries among barred river frogs, Mixophyes (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in north­eastern Australia, with descriptions of two new species Author Mahony, Michael Author Donnellan, Stephen C. Author Richards, Stephen J. Author Mcdonald, Keith text Zootaxa 2006 1228 35 60 journal article 50696 10.5281/zenodo.172713 f2e44996-bfff-448f-afa2-bb62159b35e9 1175­5326 172713

TABLE 2. Diagnostic morphological characters for Mixophyes of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Numerical values are in descending order: range, mean and standard deviation.

		Pattern and color of posterior surface of thigh
Taxon	Dorsal pattern	Ground Numbers of spots Size of spots or color or blotches blotches (mm)	Distribution of spots or blotches
Group I	Continuous mid­ dorsal stripe	Uniformly Spots 9–35 1–1.7 very dark 23.7 1.1 7.9 0.2	Uniform along thigh
Group II	Linear series of large irregular shaped blotches along the mid­ dorsal region	Same as Spots and 1–11 upper blotches 0–9 3.5 thigh 3.3 2.2 2.5	Concentrated toward knee
Group III	Continuous or near continuous mid­ dorsal stripe	Same as Spots 1–13 1–6 upper 5.3 2.2 thigh 2.5 0.5	Concentrated toward knee