Ceratophrys turpicola Schlegel, 1837

Miracle, Eulàlia Gassó, Van, Lars W., Ostende, Den Hoek & Arntzen, Jan Willem, 2007, Type specimens of amphibians in the National Museum of Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands, Zootaxa 1482, pp. 25-68 : 35

Ceratophrys turpicola Schlegel, 1837

Schlegel, 1837 -1844. Abbild. Neuer Unvollst. Amph., 1: 30; pl. X, fig. 4. Current name: Asterophrys turpicola ( Schlegel, 1837)

Syntypes: RMNH 2153, 2 ɗɗ. Loc.: “Westküste von Neu-Guinea” [Irian Jaya, Indonesia]. Leg.: S. Müller and H.C. Macklot.

Remarks. Brongersma (1953: 573) restricted the type locality to “Lobo district, Triton Bay , Dutch New Guinea ”. Though the publication date on the first page of Schlegel’s Abbildungen is 1837-1844, the work was issued in parts. See Stejneger’s Herpetology of Japan (1907: 540) for the publication dates.