Systematics of Microhylid Frogs, Genus Oreophryne, from the North Coast Region of New Guinea

Zweifel, Richard George; Menzies, J. I.; Price, David S.

doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2003)415<0001:somfgo>2.0.co;2

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“…Seven species of Oreophryne are now known from the mainland north-coast ranges of the Northern Island-Arc Terranes: Oreophryne biroi , Oreophryne cameroni , Oreophryne geislerorum , Oreophryne hypsiops , Oreophryne parkeri , Oreoprhyne parkopanorum , and Oreophryne wolterstorffi (Zweifel et al 2003; this study). On geologically allied offshore terranes, Oreophryne brachypus is restricted to New Britain (Zweifel et al 2003), Oreophryne kapisa to Biak Island (Günther 2003b), and Oreophryne asplenicola , Oreophryne pseudasplenicola , and Oreophryne waira to Yapen Island (Günther 2003b).…”

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“…Although the description of the new species treated herein now brings to seven the number of Oreophryne species reported from the north-coast region of New Guinea, the presence from these areas of additional specimens of uncertain identity (Zweifel et al 2003) suggests that additional species likely await description. Furthermore, the large expanse of unexplored north-coast mountains in adjacent Papua Province of Indonesia will certainly disclose new species once they become more thoroughly investigated.…”

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“…On geologically allied offshore terranes, Oreophryne brachypus is restricted to New Britain (Zweifel et al 2003), Oreophryne kapisa to Biak Island (Günther 2003b), and Oreophryne asplenicola , Oreophryne pseudasplenicola , and Oreophryne waira to Yapen Island (Günther 2003b). In the eastern portion of the Vogelkop Composite Terrane – immediately adjacent to the Northern Island-Arc Terranes but geologically independent of them – Oreophryne atrigularis , Oreophryne clamata , Oreophryne sibilans , and Oreophryne unicolor are known from the Wandammen Peninsula (Günther et al 2001; Günther 2003a).…”

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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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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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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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