Xenorhina waigeo Günther, Richards, Tjaturadi, and Krey, 2020

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

Xenorhina waigeo Günther, Richards, Tjaturadi, and Krey, 2020, Vert. Zool., Senckenberg, 70: 340. Holotype: MZB Amph.12129, by original designation. Type locality: "unnamed camp near Urbinasopen Village, Waigeo Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua Province, Indonesia". urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:75C7196E-E499-47D7- 9A7F-8BA17FEE1B22

Asterophrys waigeo — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 557, by implication.

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the type locality on the southeastern tip of Waigeo Island in the Raja Ampat Archipelago of West Papua Province, Indonesia (New Guinea). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Endemic: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Comment

The original publication also detailed life history and call. 

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