''Cornufer paepkei'' is a species of frog in the family
Ceratobatrachidae
The Ceratobatrachidae are a family of frogs found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, the Philippines, Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands.
Taxonomy
Ceratobatrachidae was formerly treated as a subfamily ...
, endemic to
rainforest
Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...
habitat. Scientitsts know it exclusively from the
type locality
Type locality may refer to:
* Type locality (biology)
* Type locality (geology)
See also
* Local (disambiguation)
* Locality (disambiguation)
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: the
Fakfak Mountains in
Indonesia, between 400 and 860 meters above sea level.
The adult frog measures 21.6 to 31.4 mm in snout-urostyle length. Its voice sounds like a "low, short creak." There a small amount of webbed skin on its feet. The frog is yellow-brown in color with dark brown or black patterning. There are two yellow-white lines from its nose to its hind legs. The backs of the legs are red-brown in color. Other parts of the legs are almost purple. The ventrum is off-white.
References
Frogs of Asia
Endemic fauna of Indonesia
Amphibians described in 2015
papekei
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