Hylophorbus maculatus 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 maculatus

Hylophorbus maculatus Ferreira, Kraus, Richards, Oliver, Günther, Trilaksono, Arida, Hamidy, Riyanto, Tjaturadi, Thébaud, Gaucher, and Fouquet, 2023 "2024", Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 202 (paper version of 2024; Zoobank Publication registration of 2023 electronic publication: C205A49A-A66E-466E-8D6D-CBA702798B0A): 16. Holotype: MZB Amph. 24339, by original designation. Type locality: "near Lobo village on Lamansiere Mountain, in the Lengguru foldbelt, Triton Bay, Kaimana Regency, West Papua province, Indonesia (−3.7291, 134.0617; 1021 m a.s.l.), ". Zoobank publication registration: C205A49A-A66E-466E-8D6D-CBA702798B0A (9 December 2023)

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (near Lobo village on Lamansiere Mountain, in the Lengguru foldbelt, Triton Bay, Kaimana Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia), a pristine lower montane forest at ca. 1000 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Endemic: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Comment

Comparative morphology and molecular markers detailed in the original publication. 

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