Otopharynx walteri holotype, photo by Ad Konings

Otopharynx walteri, photo by Ad Konings
 

Upper photo: The holotype of Otopharynx walteri, a male 99 mm SL (BMNH 1990.4.9: 28), from Nakantenga Island in the Maleri Islands. Photo by Ad Konings, from the original description, Konings (1990); reproduced by permission of T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Lower photo: A male Otopharynx walteri photographed underwater at Nakantenga Island and identified by Ad Konings. A special "Thank you!" to Ad for sending this photo and for permitting its use here. M. K. Oliver believes this species may prove to be a junior synonym of O. lithobates.
 


 

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