Liophryne rhododactyla Boulenger, 1897
Liophryne rhododactyla Boulenger, 1897, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 19: 11. Syntypes: BMNH 1896.10.31.28-30 according to Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 156; renumbered as BMNH 1947.2.12.47-49 according to Zweifel, 2000, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 253: 63. Type locality: "Mount Victoria, Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea", Papua New Guinea, probably in Central Province.
Sphenophryne rhododactyla — Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 156.
Liophryne rhododactyla — Zweifel, 2000, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 253: 63.
English Names
Owen Stanley Land Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 92).
Distribution
Papua New Guinea in the Owen Stanley Range, Central Province, northwest to the vicinity of Wau, Morobe Province.
Comment
See Zweifel, 1983, Am. Mus. Novit., 2759: 4, for discussion of the type locality. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 226, provided a brief account. See comment under Liophryne.
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