Systematics of microhylid frogs, genus Oreophryne, from the north coast region of New Guinea

Title Variants

Alternative: Oreophryne from New Guinea

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3415

By

Zweifel, Richard George, 1926-2019

Menzies, James I.
Price, David S., 1959-

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Book

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Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2003

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Title from caption.

"October 29, 2003."

"We discuss the taxonomic status of seven nominal species of Oreophryne described from northern New Guinea and New Britain. These include Cophixalus geislerorum Boettger (1892) and Sphenophryne biroi Méhelÿ (1897), two of the first three species of Oreophryne described from New Guinea. Each has been a source of taxonomic confusion - the first known only from a single specimen of indefinite provenance, and the second because of the destruction of the type specimens and the indiscriminate application of the name biroi to specimens from virtually the entire length and breadth of New Guinea. We identify a well-characterized species with geislerorum and associate biroi with a species known from the vicinity of the type locality, designating a neotype to establish formally this association. We retain two species - Mehelyia affinis Wandolleck (1911) and Mehelyia lineata Wandolleck (1911) - as junior synonyms of biroi, tentatively characterize Oreophryne parkeri Loveridge (1955) and refer new specimens to the species, and describe one new species. Hylella wolterstorffi Werner (1901) by default remains a valid species of Oreophryne, now with a somewhat restricted but still indefinite type locality, and not yet well characterized morphologically. The specific identity of specimens in some samples of Oreophryne from the north coastal region of New Guinea is unclear and is likely to remain so until recordings of advertisement calls become available"--P. 2.

Subjects

Amphibians , Classification , Frogs , New Britain Island , New Guinea , Oreophryne , Papua New Guinea

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3415, 2003

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2003)415<0001:SOMFGO>2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 53335526