|
Papua New
Guinea hosts an
abundance of frog species, and to this day there are large parts of the country yet to be
systematically studied. The chance of finding new species, especially in the
rugged highland regions, is extremely high, and many species remain undescribed.
Many of the smaller species are hard to locate in the tangle of tree
roots, ferns, mosses, leaf litter and other fallen debris in the country's forests.
Featured here are sighting records of 50 species, mostly from the Southern
Highlands, which serve as an introduction to the diversity of four of PNG's native frog
families, namely Pelodryadidae, Microhylidae, Limnodynastidae and
Ranidae.
|
