Oninia senglaubi
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Oninia senglaubi is the only species of amphibian species Oninia of the family -mouthed . It is endemic to the Fakfak Mountains of New Guinea .
description
Oninia senglaubi is one of the smallest representatives of New Guinea's herpetofauna and barely reaches two centimeters in length, measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the urostyle . The back color is brown with irregular dark brown spots.
Occurrence
The type locality is 16 km north of the district capital Fakfak in the part of New Guinea belonging to Indonesia . The Fakfak Mountains, a part of the Bomberai Peninsula south of the Vogelkop , are the habitat of the frogs, which occur at altitudes between 600 and 1000 meters.
Systematics and nomenclature
The genus Oninia was first described in 2010 by Rainer Günther , Björn Stelbrink and Thomas von Rintelen . It includes only the species Oninia senglaubi and is therefore monotypical . The genus name Oninia is derived from the Onin region , the northwestern part of the Bomberai Peninsula, where the frog occurs. The species name honors the German biologist Konrad Senglaub , former director of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin .
Together with the genera Asterophrys , Hylophorbus , Mantophryne and Xenorhina , Oninia forms a group of closely related species, the Asterophryini tribe.
According to molecular data (based on homologous DNA sequences of the mitochondria ), Oninia is closely related to the genera Pseudocallulops , Asterophrys and Metamagnusia , but on an osteological basis, Oninia most closely resembles the genus Xenorhina .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Darrel R. Frost: Oninia senglaubi . Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference, Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998-2015, accessed December 21, 2015
- ↑ Thomas C. Burton: A reassessment of the Papuan subfamily Asterophryinae (Anura: Microhylidae). Records of The South Australian Museum (Adelaide), 19, pp. 405-450, 1986 online
- ^ Rainer Günther (2009): Metamagnusia and Pseudocallulops, two new genera of microhylid frogs from New Guinea (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution, communications from the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, 85, pp. 171–187, 2009 doi : 10.1002 / zoos.200900002
- ↑ Frank Köhler & Rainer Günther: The radiation of microhylid frogs (Amphibia: Anura) on New Guinea: A mitochondrial phylogeny reveals parallel evolution of morphological and life history traits and disproves the current morphology-based classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 47, pp. 353-365, 2008 doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2007.11.032
- ^ Rainer Günther, Björn Stelbrink & Thomas von Rintelen: Oninia senglaubi, another new genus and species of frog (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from New Guinea. Zoosystematics and Evolution, communications from the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, 86, pp. 245-256, September 2010 doi : 10.1002 / zoos.201000007
literature
- Rainer Günther, Björn Stelbrink & Thomas von Rintelen: Oninia senglaubi, another new genus and species of frog (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from New Guinea. Zoosystematics and Evolution, messages from the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, 86, 245–256, September 2010 doi : 10.1002 / zoos.201000007 (first description)
Web links
- Family Microhylidae at Amphibiaweb
- Darrel R. Frost: Oninia senglaubi . Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference, Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998-2015, accessed December 21, 2015