Xenorhina zweifeli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Asterophryinae
Genus: Xenorhina
Species: Xenorhina zweifeli

Name

• Xenorhina zweifeli (Kraus & Allison, 2002: 57.)

Holotype: BPBM 14052 (field tag AA 11933), adult ♂, collected by A. Allison on 19 October 1986.

Type locality: "the summit of Mt. Menawa, 10.5 km N, 15.7 km E of Utai Aerodrome, 1920 m a.s.l., 3.295° S, 141.723° E, Bewani Mts., Sandaun (formerly West Sepik) Province, Papua New Guinea".

{{int:Paratypes}}: (n = 9) Bewani Mts., Sandaun (formerly West Sepik) Province, & Hunstein Mts., East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea

• • BPBM 14047, adult ♀, Agpo Creek, 8.5 km N, 13 km E of Utai Aerodrome, 950 m a.s.l., 3.312° S, 141.700° E, Bewani Mts., Sandaun Province, collected by A. Allison 20 September 1986.
  • BPBM 14048–49, adult ♂♂, Agpo Creek, 8.5 km N, 14 km E of Utai Aerodrome, 1200 m a.s.l., 3.309° S, 141.709° E, Bewani Mts., Sandaun Province,collected by A. Allison 28 September 1986.
  • BPBM 14050, adult ♀, same data as BPBM 14047, except collected 28 September 1986.
  • BPBM 14051, adult ♂, same data as BPBM 14047, except collected 30 September 1986.
  • BPBM 14053, adult ♂, 1.3 km S and 2.3 km E of the summit of Mt. Hunstein, 1000 m a.s.l., 4.523° S, 142.675° E., Hunstein Mts., East Sepik Province, collected by A. Allison 30 September 1989.
  • BPBM 14054, adult ♀, Mt. Menawa, 9.6 km N, 14.2 km E of Utai Aerodrome, 1600 m a.s.l., 3.301° S, 141.713° E, Bewani Mts., West Sepik Province, collected by A. Engilis, 15 October 1986.
  • BPBM 14055, adult of undetermined sex, same data as BPBM 14054.
  • BPBM 14056, adult ♂, same data as BPBM 14054.

Synonyms

• Xenobatrachus zweifeli Kraus & Allison, 2002
• Xenorhina zweifeli — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green & Wheeler, 2006

References

• Kraus and Allison, 2002, Herpetologica, 58: 57.
• Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 366.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Xenorhina zweifeli . Accessed on 15 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Xenorhina zweifeli  (Data Deficient) Downloaded on 15 June 2008. (as Xenobatrachus zweifeli)

Vernacular names

English: Zweifel's Snouted Frog