Oreophryne insulana Zweifel, 1956

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Oreophryne > Species: Oreophryne insulana

Oreophryne insulana Zweifel, 1956, Am. Mus. Novit., 1766: 32. Holotype: AMNH 57267, by original designation. Type locality: "at an elevation of 1600 meters on the east slope of Goodenough Island, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Territory of Papua [Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea]".

Asterophrys insulana — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 521, by implication. 

English Names

Goodenough Cross Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 91).

Distribution

D'Entrecasteaux Islands and on the nearby mainland of Papua New Guinea.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Papua New Guinea

Endemic: Papua New Guinea

Comment

Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 210-211, provided a brief account.

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