Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • 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.