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. 

Common 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.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Endemic: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

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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