Xenorhina fuscigula (Blum and Menzies, 1989)
Xenobatrachus fuscigula Blum and Menzies, 1989 "1988", Alytes, 7: 141. Holotype: UP 3342, by original designation. Type locality: "upper Kaironk Valley, Madang Province of Papua New Guinea at an altitude between 1300 and 2000 m."
Xenorhina fuscigula — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 366.
English Names
Kaironk Valley Fanged Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 93).
Distribution
The Schrader, Hagen and Kubor Ranges and the Sepik-Wahgi Dividing Range of central New Guinea, between 1300 and 2900 m.
Comment
In the Xenobatrachus rostratus group of Blum and Menzies, 1989 "1988", Alytes, 7: 125-163, rejected by Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 256, who provided a brief account (as Xenobatrachus fuscigula) on page 259-260. Shea and Kraus, 2007, Zootaxa, 1514: 37-60, commented on types.
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