.::::: Salientia of the World - Microhylidae - Austrochaperina :::::.
Last update: 26 June, 2004

A genus with over twenty species of small microhylid frogs from New Guinea and northern parts of Australia.

Austrochaperina Fry, 1912
(Type = Austrochaperina robusta Fry, 1912)
Austrochaperina adamantina Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina adelphe (Zweifel, 1985)
Sphenophryne adelphe Zweifel, 1985
Distribution: Australia.
Austrochaperina aquilonia Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina archboldi Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina basipalmata (van Kampen, 1906)
Chaperina basipalmata Van Kampen, 1906
Chaperina quatuorlobata Wandolleck, 1911
Sphenophryne basipalmata (van Kampen, 1906)
Distribution: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina blumi Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Indonesia.
Austrochaperina brevipes (Boulenger, 1897)
Liophryne brevipes Boulenger, 1897
Sphenophryne brevipes (Boulenger, 1897)
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina derongo Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina fryi (Zweifel, 1962)
Austrochaperina brevipes Fry, 1915
Sphenophryne fryi Zweifel, 1962
Distribution: Australia.
Austrochaperina gracilipes Fry, 1912
Sphenophryne gracilipes (Fry, 1912)
Distribution: Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina guttata Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina hooglandi (Zweifel, 1967)
Sphenophryne hooglandi Zweifel, 1967
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina kosarek Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Indonesia.
Austrochaperina macrorhyncha (van Kampen, 1906)
Chaperina macrorhyncha van Kampen, 1906
Chaperina punctata Van Kampen, 1913
Distribution: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina mehelyi (Parker, 1934)
Chaperina fusca Méhely, 1901
Sphenophryne fusca (Méhely, 1901)
Sphenophryne mehelyi Parker, 1934
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina novaebritanniae Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina palmipes (Zweifel, 1956)
Sphenophryne palmipes Zweifel, 1956
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina parkeri Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina pluvialis (Zweifel, 1965)
Sphenophryne pluvialis Zweifel, 1965
Distribution: Australia.
Austrochaperina polysticta (Méhelÿ, 1901)
Chaperina polysticta Méhelÿ, 1901
Sphenophryne polysticta (Méhelÿ, 1901)
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina rivularis Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina robusta Fry, 1912
Sphenophryne robusta (Fry, 1912)
Distribution: Australia.
Austrochaperina septentrionalis Allison & Kraus, 2003
 
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Austrochaperina yelaensis Zweifel, 2000
 
Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
Literature
Allison, A. & F. Kraus. 2003. A New Species of Austrochaperina (Anura: Microhylidae) from Northern Papua New Guinea. J. Herpetol., 37(4): 637-644.
Cogger, H.G. 1983. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. AH & AW Reed Pty Ltd, 660 pp.
Kuramoto, M. & A. Allison. 1989. Karyotypes of Microhylid Frogs of Papua New Guinea and Tehri Systematic Implications. Herpetologica, 45(2): 250-259.
Mahony, M., S.C. Donnellan & K. Aplin. 1992. Karyotypes of Austraolo-Papuan Microhylid Frogs (Anura: Microhylidae). Herpetologica, 48(2): 184-192.
Parker, H.W. 1934. A Monograph of the Frogs of the family Microhylidae. British Mus. Nat. Hist., London.
Zweifel, R.G. 1962. A Systematic Review of the Microhylid Frogs of Australia. Amer. Mus. Novit., 2113: 1-40.
Zweifel, R.G. 1967. A new species of microhylid frog (genus Sphenophryne) from New Guinea. Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2309: 1-6.
Zweifel, R.G. 1985. Australian Frogs of the Family Microhylidae. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 182: 265-388.
Zweifel, R.G. 2000. Partition of the Australopapuan microhylid frog genus Sphenophryne with descriptions of new species. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 253: 1-130.