Albericus

"Albericus" is the Latin form of the name Alberic.

Albericus
Albericus murritus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Microhylidae
Subfamily:	Asterophryinae
Genus:	Albericus Burton & Zweifel, 1995
Species
See text.

Albericus is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to New Guinea. These are small frogs with maximum body length around 27 mm. The genus was described in 1995, when three species in Cophixalus were separated as a new genus. The genus name Albericus is the Latin form of Alberich, shape-shifting dwarf in the epic poem Nibelungenlied.^[1] Several species derive also their specific names from Nibelungenlied, e.g. A. siegfriedi from Siegfried and A. fafniri from Fafnir.

The distinction between Albericus and the closely related genus Choerophryne is based solely on the orientation of the alary processes of the premaxillae, giving the latter its distinctive snout. In 2013 a new Choerophryne species was described with an orientation intermediate between the two genera, suggesting Albericus is likely a junior synonym of Choerophryne.^[2]

Species

Amphibian Species of the World assigns 18 species to Albericus as of March 2014.^[3]

• Albericus alpestris Kraus, 2010.
• Albericus brevicrus Günther and Richards, 2012.
• Albericus brunhildae Menzies, 1999.
• Albericus darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1948).
• Albericus exclamitans Kraus and Allison, 2005.
• Albericus fafniri Menzies, 1999.
• Albericus gudrunae Menzies, 1999.
• Albericus gunnari Menzies, 1999.
• Albericus laurini Günther, 2000.
• Albericus murritus Kraus and Allison, 2009.
• Albericus pandanicolus Günther and Richards, 2012.
• Albericus rheaurum Menzies, 1999.
• Albericus sanguinopictus Kraus and Allison, 2005.
• Albericus siegfriedi Menzies, 1999.
• Albericus swanhildae Menzies, 1999.
• Albericus tuberculus (Richards, Johnston & Burton, 1992).
• Albericus valkuriarum Menzies, 1999.
• Albericus variegatus (Kampen, 1923).

References

1. ↑ Burton, Thomas C.; Zweifel, Richard George (1995). "A new genus of genyophrynine microhylid frogs from New Guinea". American Museum Novitates. 3129: 1–7.  CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
2. ↑ Kraus, F. (2013). "A New Species of Choerophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea, with remarks on the taxonomic status of Albericus". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 89 (2): 283–291. doi:10.1002/zoos.201300014. 
3. ↑ "Amphibian Species of the World 6.0 - Albericus Burton and Zweifel, 1995". Retrieved 8 March 2014. 

Further reading

• Günther R, Richards SJ (2011). "Five new microhylid frog species from Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, and remarks on Albericus alpestris (Anura, Microhylidae)" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 61 (3): 343–372.  CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link)
• Kraus, F. (2010). "An unusual new species of Albericus (Anura: Microhylidae) from Mount Giluwe, Papua New Guinea". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 123: 1–00. doi:10.2988/09-21.1. 
• Kraus, F.; Allison, A. (2005). "A Colorful New Species of Albericus (Anura: Microhylidae) from Southeastern Papua New Guinea". Pacific Science. 59: 43–53. doi:10.1353/psc.2005.0008. 
• Kraus, F.; Allison, A. (2005). Lannoo, M. J, ed. "New Species of Albericus (Anura: Microhylidae) from Eastern New Guinea". Copeia. 2005 (2): 312–319. doi:10.1643/CH-04-093R1. 
• Kraus, F.; Allison, A. (2009). "New microhylid Frogs from the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea". ZooKeys. 26: 53–76. doi:10.3897/zookeys.26.258. 
• Menzies, J. I. (1999). "A study of Albericus (Anura : Microhylidae) of New Guinea". Australian Journal of Zoology. 47 (4): 327. doi:10.1071/ZO99003.