Xenorhina subcrocea (Menzies and Tyler, 1977)
Xenobatrachus subcroceus Menzies and Tyler, 1977, J. Zool., London, 183: 450. Holotype: UP 4393, by original designation. Type locality: "approximately 11 km north of Lae, [Morobe Province,] Papua New Guinea".
Xenorhina sucrocea — 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
Lae Fanged Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 93).
Distribution
Hill forest on the north coast of New Guinea including coastal ranges between Vanimo and Lae, Papua New Guinea, 0-1000 m elevation.
Comment
Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 264-265, provided a brief account (as Xenobatrachus subcroceus). Shea and Kraus, 2007, Zootaxa, 1514: 37-60, commented on types.
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