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 Austrochaperina species 3
 
 
Family : MICROHYLIDAE
Species size (snout to vent) :  At least 20 mm (based on this specimen)

 

 
 

Example 1
  


Sighting Details :

Date : January 2007
Location : Western Province, PNG
Elevation : 600 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) : Approx 20 mm
Call : Quiet, plaintive 'eow, eow, eow, eow, eow' : 5 or so calls over 2 seconds.
Habitat : In cleared ground, adjacent to primary forest.

 

Example 2
  


Sighting Details :

Date : December 2006
Location : Western Province, PNG
Elevation : 600 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) : 20 mm
Habitat : Found in muddy hole in cleared area.



References : 

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