Albericus swanhildae Menzies 1999: 358

Shea, Glenn M. & Kraus, Fred, 2007, A list of herpetological type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery and University of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 1514 (1), pp. 37-60 : 48

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1514.1.2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17857109

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1B4B8799-FFFC-0A16-DECD-0A69FCC09196

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Albericus swanhildae Menzies 1999: 358
status

 

Albericus swanhildae Menzies 1999: 358 View in CoL .

Holotype: UPNG 5572, 16km NE of Mendi , 2400m, 5 o 50'S 145 o 37'E, Southern Highlands Province, PNG ( J.I. Menzies, E. Dennis, vii.1976). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: UPNG 5573-76, 5591-92, data as for holotype; 5591-92, data as for holotype, but date 9.vii.1976 GoogleMaps ; 6991, Angalimp camp, 5 o 55'S 144 o 29'E, Upper Tuman River , N slope of Kubor Range, 1840m, grid reference BP226460, Western Highlands Province, PNG ( J. Menzies, iv.1974) GoogleMaps .

Remarks: Entire type series of eight specimens in UPNG. Menzies gave the type locality altitude as 2500m, and in providing more information on the type locality, Menzies (1999: 358) alternatively described the distance from Mendi as 24km, but with the same coordinates. He also gave the locality for 6991 as Anglimp. Paratype 5575 is desiccated; remaining members of type series are in good condition.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Microhylidae

Genus

Albericus

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