Aphantophryne minuta Zweifel and Parker, 1989

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Aphantophryne > Species: Aphantophryne minuta

Aphantophryne minuta Zweifel and Parker, 1989, Am. Mus. Novit., 2954: 12. Holotype: AMNH 130297, by original designation. Type locality: "about 2.0 km north, 1.7 km east of Myola Guest House, 2700 m, Northern Province, Papua New Guinea".

Asterophrys minuta — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 462. 

English Names

Myola Guinea Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 87).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in tree-fern grassland (above Myola, Northern Province, Papua New Guinea), at 2700 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 180, provided a brief account.

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