SPHENOPHRYNE - American Museum of Natural History
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2000 ZWEIFEL: PARTITION OF <strong>SPHENOPHRYNE</strong><br />
39<br />
guruk, about 110 km west <strong>of</strong> the border with<br />
Papua New Guinea (fig. 10).<br />
Austrochaperina macrorhyncha<br />
(van Kampen), new combination<br />
Figures 22, 31D<br />
Chaperina macrorhyncha van Kampen, 1906: 168<br />
(type locality, ‘‘Manikion-Gebiet,’’ Irian Jaya,<br />
Indonesia; holotype, RMNH 4630, collected<br />
February 14–21, 1903, by the Netherlands New<br />
Guinea Expedition).<br />
Chaperina punctata van Kampen, 1913: 463 (type<br />
localities, ‘‘Went-Gebirge, 800–1050 m.’’ and<br />
‘‘Hellwig-Gebirge, 2500 m.,’’ Irian Jaya, Indonesia;<br />
12 syntypes [see below], collected by<br />
H. A. Lorentz in October and November 1909).<br />
Chaperina basipalmata: Boulenger, 1914: 251<br />
(specimen from Mimika River).<br />
Sphenophryne macrorhyncha: van Kampen,<br />
1919: 54 (first use <strong>of</strong> combination). Van Kampen,<br />
1923: 107 (part, basipalmata considered a<br />
synonym). Parker, 1934: 155 (part). Loveridge,<br />
1948: 421 (paratype <strong>of</strong> punctata).<br />
TYPE LOCALITIES: The ‘‘Manikion region’’<br />
is not shown on maps available to me, but<br />
during the period specified the Expedition<br />
operated at the southeastern corner <strong>of</strong> the Vogelkop<br />
Peninsula (Wichmann, 1917: 103–<br />
116, map 2). The Went and Hellwig mountains<br />
are south <strong>of</strong> Mt. Wilhelmena (Peak Tricora)<br />
in the southern drainage <strong>of</strong> the central<br />
mountain chain <strong>of</strong> Irian Jaya. Labels associated<br />
with several <strong>of</strong> the Went Mountains<br />
specimens specify ‘‘Henvelbivak,’’ which<br />
Nouhuys (1913: pl. 5) placed on the Lorentz<br />
River, 3.5 km W, 9 km N Alkmaar.<br />
TYPE MATERIAL: Eight <strong>of</strong> the 12 syntypes<br />
<strong>of</strong> punctata remain in Amsterdam (Daan and<br />
Hillenius, 1966): ZMA 5747–5750 (Went<br />
Mtns., 800 m, Oct. 11, 1909 and 1050 m,<br />
Oct. 12, 1909); ZMA 5751–5753 (Henvelbivak,<br />
800 m, Nov. 9, 1909); ZMA 5754,<br />
Hellwig Mtns., 2500 m, Oct. 1909). The remaining<br />
specimens are distributed as follows:<br />
AMS R30834 (formerly Macleay <strong>Museum</strong><br />
56; Went Mtns., 1050 m); BMNH<br />
1947.2.14.91 (Went Mtns., 800 m, Oct. 11,<br />
1909) 6 ; FMNH 100117 (formerly in E. H.<br />
Taylor collection; Henvelbivak, 800 m, Nov.<br />
6 Parker (1934) mistakenly listed this specimen, then<br />
bearing the number BMNH 1928.2.10.3, as a cotype <strong>of</strong><br />
Chaperina basipalmata.<br />
Fig. 22. Austrochaperina macrorhyncha,<br />
BPBM 13860, SVL 31.6 mm.<br />
6, 1909); MCZ A10773 (Went Mtns., Oct.<br />
11–12, 1909).<br />
DIAGNOSIS: Moderate size, females mature<br />
at about 32 mm SVL, males slightly smaller,<br />
dorsal pattern obscure or <strong>of</strong> dark flecks or<br />
vermiform markings on a slightly paler background;<br />
finger disc moderately large (FD/<br />
SVL 0.035), legs long and eyes large (TL/<br />
SVL 0.46, EY/SVL 0.116).<br />
MORPHOLOGY: Van Kampen’s (1906) description<br />
<strong>of</strong> the holotype (there are no paratypes)<br />
is quite thorough, omitting only the<br />
sex. I did not dissect the specimen when I<br />
examined it (in 1964), so the sex remains<br />
undetermined. The specimen was rather<br />
dried and the skin <strong>of</strong> the head had been split<br />
down the middle and loosened; hence, some<br />
<strong>of</strong> my measurements may be less exact than