Oreophryne anamiatoi

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Oreophryne anamiatoi
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Paratype of Oreophryne anamiatoi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Oreophryne
Species:O. anamiatoi
Binomial name
Oreophryne anamiatoi
Kraus & Allison, 2009 [1] [2]

Oreophryne anamiatoi is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae endemic to Papua New Guinea. [3]

Frog Order of amphibians

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura. The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago. Frogs are widely distributed, ranging from the tropics to subarctic regions, but the greatest concentration of species diversity is in tropical rainforests. There are over 7,000 recorded species, accounting for over 85% of extant amphibian species. They are also one of the five most diverse vertebrate orders. Warty frog species tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal, not from taxonomy or evolutionary history.

Microhylidae family of amphibians

The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family of frogs. The 584 species are in 61 genera and 11 subfamilies, which is the largest number of genera of any frog family.

Papua New Guinea constitutional monarchy in Oceania

Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua.

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Distribution

Oreophryne anamiatoi is endemic to the Southern Highlands Province in Papua New Guinea. It has only been found in its type locality, the north-eastern slopes of the mountains Muller Range, at an altitude of approximately 1,800 metres. [4] [5]

Southern Highlands Province Place in Papua New Guinea

Southern Highlands is a province in Papua New Guinea. Its provincial capital is the town of Mendi. According to Papua New Guinea's national 2011 census, the total population of Southern Highlands is 515,511 spread across 15,089 square kilometers (5,826 sq mi). Before the split there were two major ethnic groups, the Huli Speakers and the Angal Speakers or Angal Heneng. Today the Majority of the Population in Southern Highlands is made up of Angal Speakers or Angal Heneng Speaks. They occupy three provinces Southern Highlands, Hela (Magarima) and Enga

Etymology

Its specific name, anamiatoi, honours Jim Anamiato of the National Museum of Papua, New Guinea for his work on the various expeditions, including the one during which this species was discovered.

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name is the second part within the scientific name of a species. The first part of the name of a species is the name of the genus or the generic name. The rules and regulations governing the giving of a new species name are explained in the article species description.

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References

  1. ↑ "Oreophryne anamiatoi - Hierarchy - The Taxonomicon". Taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl. 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  2. ↑ "BioLib - Oreophryne anamiatoi". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  3. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Oreophryne anamiatoi Kraus and Allison, 2009". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Oreophryne anamiatoi". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  5. ↑ Kraus & Allison, 2009: New microhylid frogs from the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea. ZooKeys, vol. 26, p.53-76 (PDF Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine .)


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