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84 BULLETIN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY NO. 253<br />
Fig. 42. Distribution <strong>of</strong> Austrochaperina<br />
brevipes (circles) and Oxydactyla crassa (triangle)<br />
in Papua New Guinea.<br />
fingertips (much more disclike in brevipes),<br />
leg length (longer in brevipes), and dorsal<br />
rugosity (greater in crassa). See account <strong>of</strong><br />
O. coggeri for a comparison with that similar<br />
but geographically remote species.<br />
HABITAT AND HABITS: Brass (1956: 110)<br />
called the vegetation at the type locality<br />
‘‘mossy forest’’ and provided a detailed description<br />
and photograph (pl. 16, fig. 1). He<br />
stated that ‘‘several specimens were uncovered<br />
from under about 10 cm. <strong>of</strong> loose,<br />
somewhat peaty humus in raspberry tangles<br />
bordering the forest.’’<br />
DISTRIBUTION: This species is known only<br />
from high elevations (2050–2230 m) on Mt.<br />
Dayman, whose highest point is on the border<br />
between Milne Bay and Central provinces<br />
in the southeastern tail <strong>of</strong> New Guinea<br />
(fig. 42). Mt. Suckling, Mt. Dayman and Mt.<br />
Simpson form the core <strong>of</strong> a highland region<br />
somewhat distinct from the main mass <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Owen Stanley Mountains, and O. crassa may<br />
prove to be restricted to this area.<br />
LOCALITY RECORDS AND SPECIMENS EXAM-<br />
INED: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Milne Bay<br />
Prov.: north slope <strong>of</strong> Mt. Dayman, 2230 m<br />
(AMNH A56803 [holotype], A56805,<br />
A56865, A57424, A57425, A57441–57443<br />
[paratypes]; BMNH 1956.1.1.18 [paratype];<br />
MCZ A28495 [paratype]); Betamin, Mt.<br />
Dayman, 2050 m (PNGM 20888 [2 specimens]).<br />
REMARKS: Tape recordings <strong>of</strong> this form<br />
made by James Menzies that provide good<br />
evidence <strong>of</strong> its specific status were particularly<br />
welcome in view <strong>of</strong> the somewhat<br />
equivocal nature <strong>of</strong> the morphological characters.<br />
Oxydactyla stenodactyla, new species<br />
Figures 43, 44<br />
Sphenophryne brevicrus: Loveridge, 1948: 422.<br />
HOLOTYPE: AMNH A66047, collected by<br />
Hobart M. Van Deusen on the Sixth Archbold<br />
Expedition, June 21, 1959, at Piunde-<br />
Aunde Lakes, Mt. Wilhelm, 3570 m, Simbu<br />
Province, Papua New Guinea.<br />
PARATYPES (all from Papua New Guinea):<br />
Simbu Prov.: AMNH A66040–66046,<br />
A66048–66054, A92799–92801 (C&S),<br />
A92802, A135269, A135271–135310,<br />
A135313–135333, collected by the Sixth<br />
Archbold Expedition at the type locality,<br />
June 13–28, 1959; AMNH A78909, collected<br />
by L. K. Wade at the type locality, June<br />
5, 1966; AMS R68908–R68924, collected on<br />
Mt. Wilhelm by J. Hope; BPBM 5302, collected<br />
by G. A. Samuelson, June 12, 1967,<br />
and 13430–13033, collected by R. C. A.<br />
Rice, Sept. 22, 1968, at the type locality;<br />
MCZ A64308, 64310–64336, 64338, collected<br />
by Fred Parker, June 10, 1967, and<br />
MCZ A111896–111900, 111967–111977,<br />
collected by Fred Parker at the type locality;<br />
RMNH 16765, 16766, 16769, 16671–16678,<br />
collected by M.M.J. van Balgooy, May 5,<br />
and June 4, 1965, at the type locality; BPBM<br />
1049, collected by J. L. Gressitt, June 3,<br />
1955, at Denglagu, Mt. Wilhelm, 2500 m;<br />
BPBM 2898, 2899, collected by J. Sedlacek,<br />
July 3, 1963, on Mt. Wilhelm, 3800 m;