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Text and photos by Nick Baker, unless credited to others.
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Pengilleyia
darlingtoni - Darlington's Madang Treefrog |
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Family : PELODRYADIDAE
Species size (snout to vent) : Up to 60 mm |
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Example 1
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Sighting Details :
Date :
May 2010
Location : Southern Highlands Province, PNG
Elevation :1680 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) : Female 50 mm, male 35 mm
Habitat :
Adjacent to temporary pool in
predominantly karst limestone region.
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Example 2
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Sighting Details :
Date : May 2010
Location : Southern Highlands Province, PNG
Elevation : 1680 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) :
40 mm
Call :
Quiet rattle, 2 or 3 seconds.
Habitat : Adjacent to temporary pool in
predominantly karst limestone region
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Example 3
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Sighting Details :
Date : January 2002
Location : Southern Highlands Province, PNG
Elevation :
1400 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) : Approx 55 mm
Call : A loud, machine-gun like
rattle, lasting
around three seconds.
Habitat : Adjacent to man-made pool, near primary
forest.
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References :
Amphibians Of The World - Pengilleyia
darlingtoni
Donnellan, S. C., Mahony, M. J., Esquerré, D., Brennan, I. G., Price,
L. C., Lemmon, A., ... & Richards, S. J. (2025). Phylogenomics
informs a generic revision of the Australo-Papuan treefrogs (Anura:
Pelodryadidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 204(2),
zlaf015.
Menzies, J., 1975. 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.
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