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Oreophryne rookmaakeri Mertens, 1927

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

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Oreophryne rookmaakeri Mertens, 1927, Senckenb. Biol., 9: 236. Holotype: SMF 22090, by original designation and Iskandar and Mumpuni, 2003 "2002", Hamadryad, 27: 126. Type locality: "Rana Mese, 1200 m. H., West-Flores", Lesser Sunda Is., Indonesia.

English Names

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

Distribution

Western Flores, 900-1200 m elev., Indonesia.

Comment

See account by Mertens, 1930, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 42: 230.

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