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> Frogs of PNG  

 

 

Frogs of  Papua New Guinea
 

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 SE Asia

 
Family : Hylidae
       
Litoria amboinensis
 
  Litoria auae
 
  Litoria congenita
 
  Litoria darlingtoni
 
  Litoria eucnemis
 
       
Litoria havina
 
  Litoria infrafrenata
 
  Litoria thesaurensis
 
  Litoria sp. 1
 
  Litoria sp. 2
 
       
Litoria sp. 3
 
  Litoria sp. 4
 
  Litoria sp. 5
 
  Litoria sp. 6
 
  Litoria sp. 7
   
                 
Family : Microhylidae
       
Albericus tuberculus
 
  Austrochaperina derongo
 
  Austrochaperina sp. 1
 
  Austrochaperina sp. 2
 
  Austrochaperina sp. 3
 
       
Austrochaperina sp. 4
 
  Austrochaperina sp. 5
 
  Callulops slateri
 
  Callulops sp. 1
 
  Callulops sp. 2
 
       
Callulops sp. 3
 
  Cophixalus sp. 1
 
  Cophixalus sp. 2
 
  Cophixalus sp. 3
 
  Cophixalus sp. 4
 
       
Copiula sp. 1
 
  Hylophorbus sp. 1
 
  Hylophorbus sp. 2
 
  Hylophorbus sp. 3
 
  Hylophorbus sp. 4
 
       
Mantophryne lateralis
 
  Sphenophryne cornuta
 
  Oreophryne sp. 1
 
  Oreophryne sp. 2
 
  Oreophryne sp. 3
 
             
Oreophryne sp. 4
 
  Oreophryne sp. 5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                 
Family : Myobatrachidae
               
Lechriodus melanopyga
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                 
Family : Ranidae
       
Rana daemeli
 
  Rana grisea
 
  Rana cf grisea
 
  Rana novaeguineae
 
  Rana sp. 1
 
     

I am indebted to Dr. Stephen Richards for his enthusiasm, support and assistance in identification of many 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.

Rana sp. 2
 
  Rana sp. 3