Vertebrate Zoology 65(3): 357-370, doi:
Two new Oreophryne species from the Fakfak Mountains, West Papua Province of Indonesia (Anura, Microhylidae)
expand article infoRainer Günther‡§
‡ Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany§ Berlin Museum, Berlin, Germany

Corresponding author: Rainer Günther ( rainer.guenther@mfn.berlin )

© Rainer Günther.
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Citation: Günther R (2015) Two new Oreophryne species from the Fakfak Mountains, West Papua Province of Indonesia (Anura, Microhylidae). Vertebrate Zoology 65(3): 357-370
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Abstract
On the basis of material collected in the year 2008 in the Fakfak Mountains, Bomberai Peninsula, West Papua Province of Indonesia, two new microhylid frogs in the genus Oreophryne are described. Both new species are small (males 23.9 – 24.1 mm snout-vent length and 16.2 – 17.8 mm SVL) and belong to those Oreophryne that have a ligamentous connection between the procoracoid and the scapula, and by rattling or chirping advertisement calls. The larger species is further characterized by a mostly uniform dark grey-brown or black dorsal colouration with numerous small white flecks and yellow blotches on the hind limbs. The smaller species is characterized by a very small body size, and by a chirping call, this of great similarity to the call of the allopatric Choerophryne arndtorum.
Keywords
Anura, Microhylidae, new species, western New Guinea