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Litoria havina

 
 
Family : HYLIDAE
Species size (snout to vent) :  Up to 35 mm
 

 

 

 

Specimen 4
  


Sighting Details :

Date :
May 2007

Location :
Western Province, PNG

Elevation :
1000 metres

Habitat :
On low vegetation, adjacent to narrow stream, issuing from primary forest.

Size (snout-to-vent) :
30 mm

Call :
A variety of quiet peeps and whistles.

 

 

Specimen 3 : mating pair on thin twig overhanging stream.
  


Sighting Details :

Date :
May 2007

Location :
Western Province, PNG

Elevation :
1000 metres

Habitat :
On low vegetation, adjacent to narrow stream, issuing from primary forest.

Size (snout-to-vent) :
30 mm

Call :
Not calling.

 

 

Specimen 2
  


Sighting Details :

Date :
May 2007

Location :
Western Province, PNG

Elevation :
1000 metres

Habitat :
On low vegetation, adjacent to narrow stream, issuing from primary forest.

Size (snout-to-vent) :
30 mm

Call :
A variety of quiet peeps and whistles.
 

 

Specimen 1
  


Sighting Details :

Date :
December 2003

Location :
Southern Highlands Province, PNG

Elevation :
1150 metres

Habitat :
Rescued from inside local shipping container : maybe transported to the area from neaby airstrip at 800 metres.

Size (snout-to-vent) :
30 mm

Call :
Not heard
 




References : 

Menzies, J., undated. 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

Richards, S., 2002. An illustrated field guide to the Frogs of the Kikori River Basin. A report to WWF-PNG.