Oreophryne mertoni (Roux, 1910)
Sphenophryne mertoni Roux, 1910, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 33: 227. Holotype: NHMB 2731 according to Forcart, 1946, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 57: 134. Type locality: "Samang, Wokam", Aru Islands, Indonesia.
Oreophryne mertoni — Zweifel, Menzies, and Price, 2003, Am. Mus. Novit., 3415: 16.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality on Wokum Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia.
Comment
Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 169, had provisionally placed it in the synonymy of Sphenophryne biroi, but Zweifel, Menzies, and Price, 2003, Am. Mus. Novit., 3415: 16, rejected this, noting that the status of this taxon was not confirmed. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 203, provided a brief account.
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