A New Species of Microhylid Frog, Genus Oreophryne, from Papua New Guinea

Zweifel, Richard George

doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2003)419<0001:ansomf>2.0.co;2

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“…For discrimination from congeners I relied on direct comparison to museum material (Appendix) as well as to information from Günther (2003a, b), Günther and Richards (2011), Günther et al (2001, 2009, 2012), Parker (1934), Richards and Iskandar (2000), van Kampen (1913), Zweifel (1956, 2003), and Zweifel et al (2003, 2005). …”

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“…There is currently no evidence to suggest if either of these groups is monophyletic. Additional phenotypic features of widespread systematic use for distinguishing among Oreophryne species include the presence and degree of toe webbing, relative length of the third vs. fifth toes, size of digital discs, aspects of color pattern, and (more recently) structure of advertisement calls (e.g., Parker 1934, Günther and Richards 2011, Zweifel et al 2003, 2005). …”

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“…Nonetheless, of the 40 species of Papuan Oreophryne , 24 have been described since 2000, and numerous additional species remain collected but undescribed. Most of these newly described species are from western New Guinea or from the central cordillera (e.g., Günther et al 2001, Günther 2003a, b), but Zweifel et al (2003) treated Oreophryne from the northern coast region of New Guinea. Herein, I describe a further three distinctive species from Papua New Guinea that belong to the group having a cartilaginous connection between the procoracoid and scapula.…”

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“…Herein, I describe a further three distinctive species from Papua New Guinea that belong to the group having a cartilaginous connection between the procoracoid and scapula. Two of these are from some of those same north-coast mountain ranges treated by Zweifel et al (2003), and the third is from Rossel Island in southeastern-most Papua New Guinea. These bring to four the number of Oreophryne from outside the central cordillera of Papua New Guinea that have a cartilaginous connection between the procoracoid and scapula.…”

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Three new species of Oreophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

Kraus¹

2013

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I describe three new species of the diverse microhylid frog genus Oreophryne from Papua New Guinea. Two of these occur in two isolated mountain ranges along the northern coast of Papua New Guinea; the third is from Rossel Island in the very southeasternmost part of the country. All three are the first Oreophryne known from these areas to have a cartilaginous connection between the procoracoid and scapula, a feature usually seen in species far to the west or from the central cordillera of New Guinea. Each of the new species also differs from the many other Papuan Oreophryne in a variety of other morphological, color-pattern, and call features. Advertisement-call data for Oreophryne species from the north-coast region suggest that they represent only two of the several call types seen in regions further south, consistent with the relatively recent derivation of these northern regions as accreted island-arc systems. The distinctively different, whinnying, call type of the new species from Rossel Island occurs among other Oreophryne from southeastern Papua New Guinea but has been unreported elsewhere, raising the possibility that it may characterize a clade endemic to that region.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Three new species of Oreophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

Kraus¹

2013

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“…Comparisons to congeners relied on direct comparison to museum material (listed in Kraus and Allison [2005a, 2005b, 2009, with additional specimens noted in Appendix) and to information from Roux (1910), Parker (1934), Zweifel (1962Zweifel ( , 1979Zweifel ( , 2003, Menzies (1999), Richards and Iskandar (2000), Günther et al (2001), Hiaso (2002), Günther (2003aGünther ( , b, 2006, Zweifel et al (2003Zweifel et al ( , 2005, and Richards and Oliver (2007).…”

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New microhylid Frogs from the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea

Kraus¹,

Allison²

2009

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We describe, from the Muller Range of New Guinea, three new species of microhylid frogs, one each in the genera Albericus, Cophixalus, and Oreophryne. Th e new Albericus is unique in its combination of having an infrequent peeping call, oblique lores, wide snout and fi nger discs, and distinct tympanum. Th e new Cophixalus is distinguished by its combination of fi nger discs larger than toe discs, third toe longer than fi fth, distinct tympanum, curved scapular ridges, dark postocular stripe, dark W-shaped mark above the shoulders, and having a call consisting of a rapid series of 6-9 musical peeps. Th e Oreophryne is unique in its combination of having a cartilaginous connection of the procoracoid to the scapula, no webbing between the toes, fi fth toe longer than third, short snout, dark face, and call consisting of an extended multi-note chuckle or cackle. Each species was either common or abundant. Th e new Cophixalus shows a predilection for caves, although it is not restricted to them. Many frogs occurring in the central highlands of New Guinea are wide-ranging across much of this high-elevational region, but others are of restricted distribution. Th e species described herein are likely members of the latter group, although it remains to be determined whether each will prove endemic to the Muller Range.

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Helminths of 26 species of microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

Goldberg

Bursey

Kraus

2009

Journal of Natural History

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In an attempt to better document the invertebrate biodiversity of the threatened fauna of Papua New Guinea (PNG), 208 microhylid frogs representing 13 species collected in 2009 and 2010 in PNG were examined for endoparasitic helminths. This study found mature individuals of one species of Digenea (Opisthioglyphe cophixali), adults of two species of Cestoda (Nematotaenia hylae, Cylindrotaenia sp.) and cysticerci of an unidentified cestode species; adults of nine species of Nematoda (Aplectana krausi, Bakeria bakeri, Cosmocerca novaeguineae, Cosmocercella phrynomantisi, Falcaustra papuensis, Icosiella papuensis, Ochtoterenella papuensis, Parathelandros allisoni, Parathelandros andersoni), and one species of Acanthocephala (cystacanths in the family Centrorhynchidae). There was a high degree of endemism among the helminth species infecting the microhylids, with 83% of the species known only from PNG. Yet the helminth fauna infecting Papuan microhylids are generalists with direct life cycles (no intermediate host) that also infect other anuran species. We thus conclude infection is more dependent upon habitat conditions than diet. Twenty-nine new host records are reported.

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A New Species of Microhylid Frog, Genus Oreophryne, from Papua New Guinea

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

Three new species of Oreophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

Three new species of Oreophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

New microhylid Frogs from the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea

Helminths of 26 species of microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

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