''Cornufer wuenscheorum'' is a species of frogs 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 (i.e ...

. It is endemic to Yapen island in Indonesia, off the northern coast of New Guinea. The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

''wuenscheorum'' honours Rosi and Jochen Wünsche, friends of the scientist who described the species.

Description

Adult males measure in

snout–vent length Snout–vent length (SVL) is a morphometric measurement taken in herpetology from the tip of the snout to the most posterior opening of the cloacal slit (vent)."direct line distance from tip of snout to posterior margin of vent" It is the most c ...

; females are unknown. The snout is slightly acuminate in dorsal view and rounded in profile. The canthus rostralis is distinct and straight. The tympanum is distinct; the supra-tympanic fold is moderately developed. There are distinct dorso-lateral skin folds; between them, there are two narrow and elongate para-vertebral dermal ridges. Neither the fingers nor the toes are webbed. The dorsum is pale grey-brown to red-brown to dark grey-brown and the para-vertebral ridges are red-orange. There are some scattered brown to blackish spots as well as longitudinal stripes below the dorso-lateral folds. The upper arms are ochre or brown. The lower surfaces are whitish with grey mottling. The male advertisement call is a double-click, emitted singly or in series up to six. The dominant frequency of the first part is 2.75 kHz and that of the second part 2.5 kHz.

Habitat and conservation

''Cornufer wuenscheorum'' is known from primary rainforest at elevations of

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

. Specimens have been found on leaf litter or directly on the soil, but not hidden nor climbing. Calling starts at twilight and continues at least to early night. The species was abundant in the area of the type locality. There are no known threats to it, but if clearcutting were to occur, it would likely be detrimental.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q28058898 wuenscheorum Amphibians of Western New Guinea Endemic fauna of Indonesia Amphibians described in 2006