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Text and photos by Nick Baker, unless otherwise stated

 EcologyAsia 2008
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Papua New Guinea hosts an abundance of frog species, and there are huge areas of the country yet to be systematically studied. The chances of finding new species, especially in the rugged highland regions, is extremely high, and many species remain undescribed. Many of the smaller species, however, are hard to locate in the tangle of tree roots, ferns, mosses, leaf litter and other debris which makes up the forest floor in many hilly or mountainous areas. The species shown here are largely from lower montane forests, between 800 and 1750 metres elevation.

See also ... Amphibians of Southeast Asia

Hylidae - Litoria spp.        
     
Litoria amboinensis
 
  Litoria auae
 
  Litoria darlingtoni
 
  Litoria eucnemis
 
     
Litoria infrafrenata
 
  Litoria havina
 
  Litoria thesaurensis
 
  Litoria sp. 1
 
     
Litoria sp. 2
 
  Litoria sp. 3
 
  Litoria sp. 4
 
  Litoria sp. 5
 
       
Litoria sp. 6
 
  Litoria sp. 7
 
  Litoria sp. 8
 
   
             
Microhylidae - Albericus spp.        
           
Albericus tuberculus
   
           
Microhylidae - Austrochaperina spp.        
     
Austrochaperina derongo
   
  Austrochaperina sp. 1   
   
  Austrochaperina sp. 2
   
  Austrochaperina sp. 3
   
           
Austrochaperina sp. 4
   
   
   
   
   
   
      
Microhylidae - Callulops spp.        
     
Callulops slateri
   
  Callulops sp. 1
   
  Callulops sp. 2
   
  Callulops sp. 3
   
Microhylidae - Cophixalus spp.        
     
Cophixalus sp. 1
   
  Cophixalus sp. 2
   
  Cophixalus sp. 3
   
  Cophixalus sp. 4
   
Microhylidae - Hylophorbus spp.        
     
Hylophorbus sp. 1
 
  Hylophorbus sp. 2
 
  Hylophorbus sp. 3
 
  Hylophorbus sp. 4
 
Microhylidae - Mantophryne spp.        
           
Mantophryne lateralis
 
           
Microhylidae - Oreophryne spp.        
     
Oreophryne sp. 1
 
  Oreophryne sp. 2
 
  Oreophryne sp. 3
 
  Oreophryne sp. 4
 
Microhylidae - Sphenophryne spp.        
           
Sphenophryne cornuta
 
           
             
Hylidae - Lechriodus spp.        
           
Lechriodus melanopyga
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
             
Ranidae - Rana spp.        
     
Rana grisea
 
  Rana novaeguineae
 
  Rana sp. 1
 
  Rana sp. 2
 
             
 


I am indebted to Dr. Stephen Richards for his enthusiasm, support and assistance in identification of some of the species illustrated here. His work, both in PNG and in Papua (Indonesia), has raised the profile of New Guinea's diverse frog fauna in the world's media.