Choerophryne hageni Günther and Richards, 2024

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

Choerophryne hageni Günther and Richards, 2024, Salamandra, 60: 161. Holotype: SAMA R72039, by original designation. Type locality: "unnamed camp in upper Kikori River basin, Hela Province, Papua New Guinea (6.0967° S, 143.1045° E; 2060 m a.s.l.)". ZooBank Act registration: 8A21EDFC-3454-464E- 8506-750ED3926A60 

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from two locations 40 km apart in the mountains of Hela Province, Papua New Guinea; both location are in extremely wet, mossy montane Nothofagus forest

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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