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Asterophrys leucopus Richards, Johnston, and Burton, 1994

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Asterophrys

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Asterophrys leucopus Richards, Johnston, and Burton, 1994, Mem. Queensland Mus., 37: 282. Holotype: QM J58650, by original designation. Type locality: "Stolle Mountain, Sandaun (West Sepik) Province, Papua New Guinea, 4° 48′ S, 141° 39′ E, 1600 m".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Stolle Mountain (Sandaun Province), Hunstein Mountains (East Sepik Province), and Bewani Mountains (West Sepik Province), Papua New Guinea.

Comment

Kraus and Allison, 2006, Herpetol. Rev., 37: 364-368, provided a range extension to the Bewani Mountains, West Sepik Province, and Hunstein Moutains, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 233, provided a brief account.

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