Cornufer browni (Allison and Kraus, 2001)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ceratobatrachidae > Subfamily: Ceratobatrachinae > Genus: Cornufer > Species: Cornufer browni

Platymantis browni Allison and Kraus, 2001, Copeia, 2001: 194. Holotype: BPBM 11954, by original designation. Type locality: "Hans Meyer Range, 4.453° S, 152.941° E, 1185 m elevation, New Ireland, New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea".

Cornufer browni — Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 174: 140. 

Common Names

None noted.

Distribution

Currently nown only from the mountain ranges adjacent to the Weitin Valley at the southern end of New Ireland Island, Papua New Guinea, although the range is probably broader.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 92, provided a brief account.

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