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Xenorhina ventrimaculata Günther, Dahl, and Richards, 2021
Xenorhina ventrimaculata Günther, Dahl, and Richards, 2021, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 71: 623. Holotype: SAMA R71741, by original designation. Type locality: "adjacent to Utai Village, West Sepik (Sandaun) Province, Papua New Guinea (3.3875°S, 141.5853°E; 210 m a.s.l.)" http://zoobank.org/D11A9F8E-F461-4411-8622-E48DFAA68BC1
Common Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known with certainty from two locations approximately 150 km apart in the lowlands of the Sepik River basin in northwestern Papua New Guinea (West Sepik and East Sepik provinces); likely to be found in adjacent Papua, Indonesia (New Guinea).
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea
Likely/Controversially Present: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region
Endemic: Papua New Guinea
Comment
External morphology and vocalization addressed in the original publication as well as the problematic nature of the East Sepik (Wamangu) population.
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