Hylophorbus picoides Günther, 2001

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Hylophorbus > Species: Hylophorbus picoides

Hylophorbus picoides Günther, 2001, Russ. J. Herpetol., 8: 84. Holotype: ZMB 61971, by original designation. Type locality: "in the Wondiwoi Mts. at the base of the Wandammen Peninsula, about 8 km west of the coastal village of Yeretuar, 2° 56′ S, 134° 37′ E, at 530 m NN, Irian Jaya (West Papua)", New Guinea, Indonesia.

Asterophrys picoides — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 418.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality, a slope ascending from 350 to 850 m west of the coast village of Yeretuar, Wondiwoi Mts. at the base of the Wandammen Peninsula, Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia; specimens from Batanta Island may be of this species.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Endemic: Indonesia, Indonesia - Papua Region

Comment

Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 250, provided a brief account.

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