Copiula mosbyae Günther and Richards, 2020

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Copiula > Species: Copiula mosbyae

Copiula mosbyae Günther and Richards, 2020, Russ. J. Herpetol., 27: 42. Holotype. SAMA R71451, by original designation. Type locality: "Kopi Camp, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea (7.3203° S 144.1824° E; 20 m a.s.l.)". 

Asterophrys mosbyae — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 479, by implication. 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from a small number of locations at low altitudes in the Gulf Province lowlands of southern Papua New Guinea. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

Diagnosed on the basis of call and morphology. 

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