Callulops sagittatus Richards, Burton, Cunningham, and Dennis, 1995

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Callulops > Species: Callulops sagittatus

Callulops sagittatus Richards, Burton, Cunningham, and Dennis, 1995, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 119: 158. Holotype: UP 9051, by original designation. Type locality: "at an altitude of 2200 m on the summit of Mt Binnie, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (14° 7′ 30″ E, 5° 12′ S)".

Asterophrys sagittata — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 691, by implication. See comment under Callulops

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality (Mt. Binnie, Western Province, Papua New Guinea).

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

Most closely related to Callulops humicola according to the original publication. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 245-246, provided a brief account. Shea and Kraus, 2007, Zootaxa, 1514: 37-60, commented on types.

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