Assa wollumbin
# Assa wollumbin

Assa wollumbin, the Mount Wollumbin hip-pocket frog, is a species of small, terrestrial frog endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is restricted to the slopes of Mount Warning (Wollumbin), where it inhabits rainforest habitat.

Formerly considered a population of the pouched frog (A. darlingtoni), which was formerly thought to be the only species in the genus, it was described as a new species in 2021 following a rangewide genetic analysis of A. darlingtoni, which found the Wollumbin population to be sufficiently distinct. As with A. darlingtoni, it shares the unusual parental care where male individuals carry developing tadpoles in subcutaneous pouches on their hips; however, it is physically smaller than A. darlingtoni. Due to its very small distribution, it has been recommended the species be classified as critically endangered.

