Choerophryne gracilirostris Iannella, Richards, Oliver, 2014

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

Choerophryne gracilirostris Iannella, Richards, and Oliver, 2014, Zootaxa, 3753: 484. Holotype: SAMA R67520, by original designation. Type locality: "upper Strickland River catchment, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (5.8078° S, 142.3083° E, 213 m a.s.l.)". Zoobank publication registration: 93D3FEB4-3C66-4518-AA4A-67F2B091F46A

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

English Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Four locations in primary foothill and lower-montane rainforest on the southern side of the Central Cordillera at elevations of 213 to 1368 m, Southern Highlands Province and Western Province, Papua New Guinea.  

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

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