Choerophryne longirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Asterophryinae
Genus: Choerophryne
Species: Choerophryne longirostris

Name

• Choerophryne longirostris Kraus & Allison, 2001: 225.

Holotype: BPBM 13813 (field tag AA 11764), adult ♂, collected by A. Allison on 23 September 1986.

Type locality: "southern slopes of Mt. Menawa, 8.5 km N, 13 km E of Utai Aerodrome, vicinity of Agpo Creek, 3.312° S, 141.700° E, 950 m elevation, Bewani Mountains, Sandun (formerly West Sepik) Province, Papua New Guinea".

Paratypes: (n = 5) Mt. Menawa, Bewani Mts., Sandaun (formerly West Sepik) Province, Papua New Guinea.

• • BPBM 13809–12, adult ♂♂, same data as holotype.
  • BPBM 13814, adult ♂, S slopes of Mt. Menawa, 8.5 km N, 14 km E of Utai Aerodrome, Agpo Creek, 3.309° S, 141.709° E, 12p00 m a.s.l., collected 22 October 1986.

References

• Kraus and Allison, 2001, Herpetologica, 57(2): 225.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Choerophryne longirostris . Accessed on 13 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Choerophryne longirostris  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 13 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Menawa Mountain Frogs