Copiula pipiens Burton and Stocks, 1986

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

Copiula pipiens Burton and Stocks, 1986, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 110: 155. Holotype: SAMA R29779, by original designation. Type locality: "Wirui, 1 km from Wewak (3°35′S, 143°35′E), Papua New Guinea". Junior secondary homonym of Cophixalus pipilans Zweifel, 1980, when both are in Asterophrys

Asterophrys pipiens — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 418. 

English Names

Wirui Mehely Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 89).

Distribution

Wewak area on the north coast of Papua New Guinea; Yapen Island, Papua, Indonesia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region, Papua New Guinea

Comment

Günther, 2003, Faun. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkd., Dresden, 24: 214, provided a record for this species, or a closely related one, from Yapen I., Papua, Indonesia. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 197, provided a brief account. Shea and Kraus, 2007, Zootaxa, 1514: 37-60, commented on types.

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