Oreophryne equus

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 equus

Name

• Oreophryne equus Kraus, 2016: 24.

Holotype: BPBM 15710 (field tag FK 4994), adult ♂, collected by F. Kraus on 10 April 2002.

Type locality: “along Upaelisafupi Stream, Cloudy Mts., 10.4956° S, 150.2340° E, 715 m a.s.l., Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.”

Paratypes: (n = 21) Cloudy Mts. & southern Owen Stanley Rangem Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

• • BPBM 15711–18, 15775, PNGNM 25234–35, same locality as holotype.
  • PNGNM 25236, km SW Upaelisafupi Stream, Cloudy Mts., 10.5080° S, 150.2234° E, 1000 m a.s.l.
  • BPBM 15719–20, PNGNM 25237, Duabo, Pini Range, 10.4169° S, 150.3078° E, 300 m a.s.l.
  • BPBM 15721, S slope Mt. Pekopekowana, Owen Stanley Mts., 10.2836° S, 150.1832° E, 620–680 m a.s.l.
  • PNGNM 25238, 15721); S slope Mt. Pekopekowana, Owen Stanley Mts., 10.2791° S, 150.1731° E, ~500 m a.s.l.
  • BPBM 15722, along Wailahabahaba Creek, Mt. Pekopekowana, Owen Stanley Mts., 10.2811° S, 150.1558° E, 590–615 m a.s.l.
  • AMNH R-90764–65, near Alotau, ca. 500 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.