Cornufer paepkei

species of amphibian

Cornufer paepkei is a frog. It lives in a rainforest. Scientitsts have seen it in exactly one place: the Fakfak Mountains in Indonesia, between 400 and 860 meters above sea level.[1][2]

Cornufer paepkei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. paepkei
Binomial name
Cornufer paepkei
(Günther, 2015)
Synonyms[1]
  • Platymantis paepkei Günther, 2015
  • Cornufer paepkei Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

The adult frog is 21.6 to 31.4 mm long from nose to rear end. Its voice sounds like a "low, short creak." There is only a little webbed skin on its feet. The frog is yellow-brown in color with dark brown or black marks. There are two yellow-white lines from its nose to its back legs. The backs of the legs are red-brown in color. Other parts of the legs are almost purple. The belly is almost white.[3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufur paepkei (Günther, 2015)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  2. "Cornufer paepkei (Günther, 2015)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  3. Guenther R (May 4, 2015). "Description of two new taxa of the ceratobatrachid genus Platymantis from western New Guinea (Amphibia, Anura)". Vertebrate Zoology Senckenberg (full text). 65 (1): 101–116. doi:10.3897/vz.65.e31509. S2CID 257192724. Retrieved February 10, 2023.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)