Oreophryne

Genus of amphibians

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.^[1][2] They are found in the southern Philippines, Sulawesi and the Lesser Sunda Islands, and New Guinea and New Britain.^[1]

Species

References

1. Frost, Darrel R. (2024). "Oreophryne Boettger, 1895". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
2. "Microhylidae". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
3. Günther, Rainer; Richards, Stephen; Tjaturadi, Burhan (May 28, 2018). "Two new frog species from the Foja Mountains in north western New Guinea (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae)" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 68 (2): 109–122.
4. Kraus, Fred (August 1, 2017). "A New Species of Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from the Mountains of Southeastern Papua New Guinea". Current Herpetology. 36 (2): 105–115. doi:10.5358/hsj.36.105. ISSN 1345-5834.
5. Kraus, Fred (2013-09-20). "Three new species of Oreophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea". ZooKeys. 333: 93–121. doi:10.3897/zookeys.333.5795. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3800836. PMID 24146562.
6. Günther, Rainer (2015-11-13). "Two new Oreophryne species from the Fakfak Mountains, West Papua Province of Indonesia (Anura, Microhylidae)". Vertebrate Zoology. 65 (3): 357–370. doi:10.3897/vz.65.e31526. ISSN 2625-8498.
7. Günther, Rainer; Iskandar, Djoko T.; Richards, Stephen J. (2023-07-02). "A new large Oreophryne species from the mountains of Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae)". Vertebrate Zoology. 73: 153–159. doi:10.3897/vz.73.e94207. ISSN 2625-8498.