Xenorhina ophiodon (Peters and Doria, 1878)
Xenobatrachus ophiodon Peters and Doria, 1878, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 13: 432. Syntypes: (2 specimens) ZMB 9125 and MSNG 29129 according to Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, in Bauer et al. (eds.), Herpetol. Contr. W.C.H. Peters: 48; MSNG 29129 designated lectotype by Capocaccia, 1957, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, Ser. 3, 69: 219, who incorrectly reported the ZMB syntype as lost according to Bauer, Günther, and Robeck, 1996, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 72: 267. Type locality: "Hatam, Montis Arfak [= Arfak Mountains]", Vogelkop Peninsula, Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia.
Xenorhina ophidion — 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
Hatam Fanged Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 93).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (Vogelkop Peninsula, Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia).
Comment
Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 263, provided a brief account (as Xenobatrachus ophiodon).
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