Copiula tyleri Burton, 1990

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Copiula > Species: Copiula tyleri

Copiula tyleri Burton, 1990, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust., 114: 90. Holotype: AMNH 77542, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt Henstein, 1220 m, 142°39′E, 4°31′S, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea".

Asterophrys tyleri — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 479, by implication. 

English Names

Sepik Mehely Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 89).

Distribution

Forest slopes (670-1220) m) of the Cyclops, Bewani, Torricelli, Hunstein, and Adelbert ranges in northeastern New Guinea.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 197-198, provided a brief account.

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