Oreophryne atrigularis Günther, Richards, and Iskandar, 2001

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

Oreophryne atrigularis Günther, Richards, and Iskandar, 2001, Spixiana, München, 24: 258. Holotype: ZMB 6226, by original designation. Type locality: "at an altitude of 610 m. s. l., Wondiwoi Mountains at the base of the Wandammen Peninsula, abou 8 km west of the coastal village of Yeretuar, 2° 56′ S, 134° 36′ E, Nabire district, Irian Jaya [now Papua], Indonesia".

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

English Names

Black-throated Cross Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Slopes and valleys between 350 and 750 m in the Wondiwoi Mountains, at the base of the Wandammen Peninsula, and ca. 30 km southeast of Nabire, Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia.

Comment

Günther, 2003, Faun. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierkd., Dresden, 24: 214, provided a discussion of range and a new record. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 205-206, provided a brief account.

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