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Oreophryne

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thumb|Portraits in life of A paratype of Oreophryne cameroni from Keki Lodge, Adelbert Mts., 850 m elevation; B paratype of Oreophryne cameroni from Torricelli Mts., 550 m elevation; C paratype of Oreophryne parkopanorum from near summit of Mt. Sapau, Torricelli Mts., 1100–1300 m elevation; D holotype of Oreophryne parkopanorum from near summit of Mt. Sapau, Torricelli Mts., 1100–1300 m elevation; E holotype of Oreophryne gagneorum from Rossel Island, 720 m elevation; and F paratype of Oreophryne gagneorum from Rossel Island, 720 m elevation.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAmphibia
  4. OrderAnura
  5. FamilyMicrohylidae
Observations recorded4,405

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,117
With media
13
Family
Microhylidae
Collections
MVZ, CAS, LSUMZ, BYU
Recorded in
Indonesia, Philippine Ids., Papua New Guinea

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thumb|Portraits in life of A paratype of Oreophryne cameroni from Keki Lodge, Adelbert Mts., 850 m elevation; B paratype of Oreophryne cameroni from Torricelli Mts., 550 m elevation; C paratype of Oreophryne parkopanorum from near summit of Mt. Sapau, Torricelli Mts., 1100–1300 m elevation; D holotype of Oreophryne parkopanorum from near summit of Mt. Sapau, Torricelli Mts., 1100–1300 m elevation; E holotype of Oreophryne gagneorum from Rossel Island, 720 m elevation; and F paratype of Oreophryne gagneorum from Rossel Island, 720 m elevation.

Oreophryne, the cross frogs, is a genus of microhylid frogs. They are found in the southern Philippines, Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands, and New Guinea and New Britain.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oreophryne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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