Oreophryne banshee

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: Oreophryne
Species: Oreophryne banshee

Name

• Oreophryne banshee Kraus, 2016: 42.

Holotype: BPBM 20451 (field tag FK 9545), adult ♂, collected by F. Kraus on 16 April 2004.

Type locality: “along Gesirava River, Sudest Island, 11.4903° S, 153.4136° E, 127 m a.s.l., Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.”

Paratypes: (n = 23) Sudest Island, Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

• • BPBM 20449–50, 20452–58, 20465, PNGNM 25245–47, same locality as holotype.
  • BPBM 20459–64, 20466, PNGNM 25248–50, W side Mt. Rio, between 11.5029° S, 153.4306° E and summit, 630–800 m a.s.l.

References

Primary references

• Kraus, F. 2016. Ten new species of Oreophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4195(1): 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4195.1.1. Reference page.