Oreophryne asplenicola Günther, 2003

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Oreophryne > Species: Oreophryne asplenicola

Oreophryne asplenicola Günther, 2003, Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden, 53: 75. Holotype: ZMB 65894, by original designation. Type locality: "7 km NEN of the village of Kontiunae, 15 km NE of Serui in the Waira Mountain, 1° 47′ S and 136° 20′ E, Yapen Island, Papua, Province of Indonesia, altitude 650 m a.s.l."

Asterophrys asplenicola — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 419. 

Common Names

Nestfern Cross Frog (original publication).

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality on a slope of the Waira Mountain, about 7 km north-northeast of Konti, Yapen Island, Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Endemic: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

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