What is "pouched frog"

Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zo["o]l.)

1. Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat.

2. Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher.

3. Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels.

   Pouched dog. (Zo["o]l.) See Zebra wolf, under Zebra.

   Pouched frog (Zo["o]l.), the nototrema, the female of which has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage.

   Pouched gopher, or Pouched rat. (Zo["o]l.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket.

   Pouched mouse. (Zo["o]l.) See Pocket mouse, under Pocket.

The pouched frog (Assa darlingtoni) is a small, terrestrial frog found in rainforests in mountain areas of south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales, Australia. It is the sole species within the genus Assa, and is part of the family Myobatrachidae.