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Papurana volkerjane (Günther, 2003)
Rana (Papurana) volkerjane Günther, 2003, Mitt. Mus. Naturkd. Berlin, Zool., 79: 218. Holotype: ZMB 64005, by original designation. Type locality: "in the Wondiwoi Mountains at the base of the Wandammen Peninsula, about 8 km west of the coastal village of Yeretuar, at 550 m a.s.l., 2° 46′ S, 134° 37′ E, Papua, Province of Indonesia".
Sylvirana volkerjane — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 370.
Hylarana volkerjane — Che, Pang, Zhao, Wu, Zhao, and Zhang, 2007, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 43: 3, by implication; Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 525, by implication.
Papurana volkerjane — Fei, Ye, and Jiang, 2010, Herpetol. Sinica, 12: 34; Oliver, Prendini, Kraus, and Raxworthy, 2015, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 90: 190.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Eastern slopes of the Wondiwoi Mountains, 250-700 m elevation, Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia; Bewani and Torricelli mountains, West Sepik Province, and Prince Alexander Mountains of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
Comment
Most similar to Rana aurata according to the original publication. Kraus and Allison, 2006, Herpetol. Rev., 37: 364-368, provided the first records for Papua New Guinea. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 74, provided a brief account. Kraus, 2013, Herpetol. Rev., 44: 278, provided a record from the Prince Alexander Mountains, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.
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