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Text and photos by Nick Baker, unless credited to others.
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Sandyrana
infrafrenata - White-lipped Treefrog |
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Family : PELODRYADIDAE
Species size (snout to vent) : Up to 135 mm |
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Example
1 - breeding male
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Sighting Details :
Date :
December 2006
Location : Western Province, PNG
Elevation :
620 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) : Approx 110 mm
Call :
Loud, cacophanous 'wark, wark'.
Habitat :
Clinging to vegetation, adjacent to small pool in primary forest.
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Example 2
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Sighting Details :
Date :
December 2006
Location : Western Province, PNG
Elevation :
620 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) : Approx 110 mm
Habitat : At ground level, in cleared area adjacent to flooded primary forest.
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References :
Amphibians Of The World -
Sandyrana infrafrenata
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.
Richards, S., 2002. An illustrated field guide to the Frogs of the Kikori River Basin. A report to WWF-PNG.
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