Three new species of the microhylid frog genus Choerophryne (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

By

Günther, Rainer
Richards, Stephen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

93

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

265--279

Subjects

Frogs , Gulf Province , Huon Peninsula , New Guinea , Southern Highlands Province , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.93.11576

 

Abstract

We describe three new species of the microhylid frog genus Choerophryne from the mountains and foothills of southern and northeastern Papua New Guinea. All three species lack elongated snouts and all are arboreal calling from elevated perch sites between ~1 and 10 m above the forest floor. Advertisement calls and habitat preferences are described for each species. Descriptions of these three frogs brings the total number of Choerophryne recognized to 34 but numerous additional species undoubtedly remain to be discovered in poorly-surveyed mountainous regions of New Guinea.