Choerophryne multisyllaba Günther and Richards, 2017

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Choerophryne > Species: Choerophryne multisyllaba

Choerophryne multisyllaba Günther and Richards, 2017, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 93: 270. Holotype: SAMA R70322, by original designation. Type locality: "Iagifu Ridge near Moro, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea (06°26.4864’S, 143°13.1040’E; 1,413 m asl)". http://zoobank.org/7496397F-B370-4034-AFA4-B7189236E5A7 

Asterophrys multisyllaba — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 477, by implication. 

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known from two locations: the vicinity of the type locality at elevations between about 1300– 1400 m on Iagifu Ridge in the Agogo Range, Southern Highlands Province, and at 1600 m at Sawetau Camp in the Muller Range, Western Province), both in the central mountains of Papua New Guinea. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

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