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Text and photos by Nick Baker, unless credited to others.
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Teretistes havina - Lappet-nosed Treefrog |
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Family : PELODRYADIDAE
Species size (snout to vent) : Up to 35 mm |
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Example 1
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Sighting Details :
Date :
May 2007
Location :
Western Province, PNG
Elevation : 1000 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) :
30 mm
Call :
A variety of quiet peeps and whistles.
Habitat :
On low vegetation, adjacent to narrow
stream, issuing from primary forest.
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Example 2
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Sighting Details :
Date :
May 2007
Location :
Western Province, PNG
Elevation :
1000 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) :30 mm
Habitat :
On low vegetation, adjacent to narrow
stream, issuing from primary forest.
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Example 3
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Sighting Details :
Date :
May 2007
Location :
Western Province, PNG
Elevation :
1000 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) :
30 mm
Call :
A variety of quiet peeps and whistles.
Habitat :
On low vegetation, adjacent to narrow
stream, issuing from primary forest.
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Example 4
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Sighting Details :
Date :
December 2003
Location :
Southern Highlands Province, PNG
Elevation :
1150 metres
Size (snout-to-vent) :
30 mm
Call :
Not heard
Habitat :
Rescued from inside local shipping container;
maybe transported to the area
from neaby airstrip at 800 metres.
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References :
Amphibians Of The World - Teretistes
havina
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., 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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