Oreophryne ezra

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 ezra

Name

Oreophryne ezra Kraus & Allison, 2009: 691.

Holotype: BPBM 20468 (field tag FK 9759), ♂, collected by F. Kraus on 23 April 2004.

Type locality: W slope Mt. Rio, 11.5054347° S, 153.429945° E, 630–730 m, Sudest Island, Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Paratypes: (n = 35) Sudest Island, Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

- BPBM 20467, W slope Mt. Rio, 11.5058876° S, 153.4294871° E, 650 m, Sudest Island, collected 21 April 2004.
- BPBM 20469–73, 20483–85, PNGNM 24086–88, same data as holotype.
- BPBM 20474–82, W slope Mt. Rio, 11.5081521° S, 153.4308608° E, 730–800 m, Sudest Island, collected 23 April 2004.
- BPBM 20486, W slope Mt. Rio, 11.5058876° S, 153.429945° E, 680 m, collected 25 April 2004.
- BPBM 20487–91, PNGNM 24089–90, W slope Mt. Rio, 11.50659° S, 153.4305° E, 730 m, collected 25 April 2004.
- BPBM 20492–95, PNGNM 24091–92, same data as BPBM 20474, except collected 25 April 2004.

References

Kraus F. & Allison A. 2009. A remarkable ontogenetic change in color pattern in a new species of Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Copeia, 2009 (4): 290–297.