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Text and photos by Nick Baker, unless credited to others.
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Amnihyla
arfakiana - Arfakiana Treefrog |
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Family : PELODRYADIDAE
Species size (snout to vent) : up to ~65 mm in females (Menzies,
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Example 1
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Sighting Details :
Date :
May 2008
Location : Southern Highlands Province, PNG
Elevation : 1450 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) :
30 mm
Habitat : In cleared area, adjacent to karst primary
forest. On kunai grass at 1.0m.
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Example 2
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Sighting Details :
Date :
March 2008
Location :
Southern Highlands Province, PNG
Elevation : 1450 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) : 35 mm
Habitat : In cleared area, adjacent to karst primary
forest. On secondary growth at 1.5m.
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Example 3
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Sighting Details :
Date :
March 2008
Location : Southern Highlands Province, PNG
Elevation : 1450 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) : 23 mm
Call : Not heard.
Habitat : In cleared area, adjacent to karst primary
forest. On secondary growth at 1.5m.
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References :
Amphibians Of The World - Amnihyla
arfakiana
Donnellan, S. C., Mahony, M. J., Esquerré, D., Brennan, I. G., Price,
L. C., Lemmon, A., ... & Richards, S. J. (2025). Phylogenomics
informs a generic revision of the Australo-Papuan treefrogs (Anura:
Pelodryadidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 204(2),
zlaf015.
Menzies, J., 1975. Handbook of Common New Guinea Frogs. Wau Ecology
Institute (Handbook No. 1).
Menzies, J., 2006 The Frogs of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
Pensoft Publishers
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