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Oreophryne terrestris Zweifel, Cogger, and Richards, 2005

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

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Oreophryne terrestris Zweifel, Cogger, and Richards, 2005, Am. Mus. Novit., 3495: 20. Holotype: AMS R145378, by original designation. Type locality: "West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, at Dokfuma Meadow south of Mt. Capella, Star Mountains, 05° 01′ S, 141° 06′ E, elevation 3080 m".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Dokfuma Meadow south of Mt. Capella, Star Mountains, West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea); presumably in adjacent Papua, Indonesia.

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