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Oreophryne albopunctata (Van Kampen, 1909)

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

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Sphenophryne albopunctata Van Kampen, 1909, Nova Guinea, 9: 42. Syntypes: ZMA 5821-22, according to Van Tuijl, 1995, Bull. Zool. Mus. Univ. Amsterdam, 14: 129. Type locality: "Noord-Fluss bei Sabang" (= North River [Lorentz River] near Sabang), Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia.

Oreophryne albopunctata — Van Kampen, 1919, Bijdr. Dierkd., 21: 54.

English Names

White-dotted Cross Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 91).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality, near Sabang, on the Lorentz River, in Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia.

Comment

Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 204, provided a brief account.

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