Choerophryne burtoni Richards, Dahl, and Hiaso, 2007
Choerophryne burtoni Richards, Dahl, and Hiaso, 2007, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 131: 136. Holotype: SAMA R62475, by original designation. Type locality: "Moran area, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea, 6° 14.363′ S, 143° 07.660′ E, altitude 1800 m".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (ca. 1800 m) in lower montane rainforest (Moran area) and ca. 80 km to the northwest (2037 m elevation), Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.
Comment
Kraus, 2010, Herpetol. Rev., 41: 246-248, provided the first record away from the type locality.
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