Choerophryne frieda Günther and Richards, 2024

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Choerophryne > Species: Choerophryne frieda

Choerophryne frieda Günther and Richards, 2024, Salamandra, 60: 154. Holotype: SAMA R72171, by original designation. Type locality: "Horsevaal Pit Camp, Sepik River headwaters, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea (4.6964° S, 141.7534° E; 825 m a.s.l.)". ZooBank Act registration: B65B0105-AD4F-4B7A- 996C-89CA3740EA2E 

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from four locations between 560–950 m elevation within an approximately 10 km radius, in the extensively forested northern foothills of the Central Cordillera in West Sepik Province, far western Papua New Guinea. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

Comparative morphology and advertisement call detailed in the original publication. 

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