- What is Amphibian Species of the World?
- How to cite
- How to use
- Structure of the taxonomic records
- Running log of additions and changes, 2025
- Logs of changes and additions, 2014–2024
- What is the right name?
- Curator's blog
- History of the project, 1980 to 2024
- Comments on amphibian taxonomy relating to versions 3.0 to 6.2 (2004 to 2024)
- Scientific Nomenclature and its Discontents: Comments by Frost on Rules and Philosophy of Taxonomy, Ranks, and Their Applications
- Contributors, online editions
- Contributors and reviewers for Amphibian Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (1985)
- Versions
- Museum abbreviations
- Links to useful amphibian systematic, conservation, collection management, informational, and/or regional sites
- Links to useful FREE library sites
- Copyright and terms of use
Austrochaperina palmipes (Zweifel, 1956)
Sphenophryne palmipes Zweifel, 1956, Am. Mus. Novit., 1766: 15. Holotype: AMNH 57331, by original designation. Type locality: "north slope of Mt. Dayman, Maneau Range, Territory of Papua [Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea], at an elevation of 700 meters".
Austrochaperina palmipes — Zweifel, 2000, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 253: 46.
Asterophrys palmipes — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 465.
Common Names
Dayman Land Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 92).
Distribution
Eastern Papua New Guinea: Huon Peninsula to d'Entrecasteaux Is.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea
Endemic: Papua New Guinea
Comment
See brief account (as Sphenophryne palmipes) by Menzies, 1976, Handb. Common New Guinea Frogs: 55. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 221-222, provided a brief account.
External links:
Please note: these links will take you to external websites not affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History. We are not responsible for their content.
- For access to general information see Wikipedia
- For additional sources of general information from other websites search Google
- For access to relevant technical literature search Google Scholar
- For images search CalPhoto Images and Google Images
- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For additional information see AmphibiaWeb report
- For information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For information on distribution, habitat, and conservation see the Map of Life
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observations see iNaturalist