Xenorhina thiekeorum Günther and Richards, 2021

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Xenorhina > Species: Xenorhina thiekeorum

Xenorhina thiekeorum Günther and Richards, 2021, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 97: 369. Holotype: SAMA R71651, by original designation. Type locality: "Ok Menga near Tabubil, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (5.3205°S, 141.3049°E; 620 m a.s.l.)" http://zoobank.org/772E7466-6C63-48E7-8CAE-96A1BE5F78F5 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality adjacent to the Ok Menga (“Ok” = River in the local Min language), at an altitude of 620 m elevation in the foothills of the Hindenburg Range, Ok Tedi headwaters in Western Province, Papua New Guinea.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

External morphology and advertisement call detailed in the original publication. 

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