Hylophorbus lengguru Ferreira, Kraus, Richards, Oliver, Günther, Trilaksono, Arida, Hamidy, Riyanto, Tjaturadi, Thébaud, Gaucher, and Fouquet, 2023

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Hylophorbus > Species: Hylophorbus lengguru

Hylophorbus lengguru Ferreira, Kraus, Richards, Oliver, Günther, Trilaksono, Arida, Hamidy, Riyanto, Tjaturadi, Thébaud, Gaucher, and Fouquet, 2023, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad168: 14. Holotype: MZB Amph. 24334, by original designation. Type locality: "near Lobo village on Lamansiere Mountain, in the Lengguru foldbelt, Triton Bay, Kaimana Regency, West Papua province, Indonesia (−3.7160, 134.0688; 392 m a.s.l.)". Zoobank publication registration: C205A49A-A66E-466E-8D6D-CBA702798B0A (9 December 2023)

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from Lobo and Tuguwara, both in the Lengguru foldbelt (West Papua Province, Indonesia), in pristine lowland rainforest between 300 and 400 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Endemic: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Comment

Comparative morphology, molecular markers, and advertisement call detailed in the original publication. 

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