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Cophixalus hinchinbrookensis Hoskin, 2012
Cophixalus hinchinbrookensis Hoskin, 2012, Zootaxa, 3271: 10. Holotype: QM J44166, by original designation. Type locality: "upper Gayundah C[ree]k, Hinchinbrook Island (18° 22′ S, 146° 15′ E, elevation 850 m), north-east Queensland", Australia.
Asterophrys hinchinbrookensis — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 479, by implication.
Common Names
Hinchinbrook Island Nursery-frog (original publication; Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 207).
Distribution
Restricted to Hinchinbrook Island, off the coast of northeastern Queensland, Australia, at elevation above 300 m.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
Confused with Cophixalus ornatus prior to a study of its molecular and morphological geographic variation, and forming the sister taxon of Cophixalus australis, according to the original publication. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 207–208, provided a brief account, photograph, and polygon distribution map. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 9, provided a polygon distribution map.
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