Austrochaperina polysticta (Méhely, 1901)
Chaperina polysticta Méhely, 1901, Termés. Füzetek, 24: 208, 258. Holotype: MNH 2414/12 according to Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 158; destroyed, according to Zweifel, 2000, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 253: 50. Type locality: "Sattelberg", Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
Sphenophryne polysticta — Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 157. Loveridge, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 78: 57.
Austrochaperina polysticta — Zweifel, 2000, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 253: 50.
English Names
Morobe Land Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 92).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality on the tipe of the Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
Comment
Records for Australia result from misidentifications ( Zweifel, 1962, Am. Mus. Novit., 2113: 1-40). Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 222-223, provided a brief account.
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