Austrochaperina blumi

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Austrochaperina blumi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Austrochaperina
Species:
A. blumi
Binomial name
Austrochaperina blumi
Zweifel, 2000 [2]

Austrochaperina blumi is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. [1] [3] It is endemic to New Guinea and known from the northern slopes of the New Guinean Central Range in Western New Guinea (Indonesia), and from the Bewani, Torricelli, and Hunstein Mountains in Papua New Guinea. [3] [4] The specific name blumi honors J. Paul Blum, [2] [5] the herpetologist who collected the type series. [2] Common name Kosarek land frog has been proposed for it. [5]

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Description

Adult males measure 23–24 mm (0.9–0.9 in) and adult females 23–26 mm (0.9–1.0 in) in snout–vent length. The head is relatively narrow. The snout is truncate. The eyes are relatively large. The tympanum is small and indistinct. The finger and toe tips bear grooved discs. No webbing is present. The dorsal surfaces of the head, body, and limbs are pale tan scattered with many small, somewhat darker, irregular spots. The ventral ground color is pale tan, approaching white, but bearing numerous small, slightly darker spots on the throat and chest and fewer spots on the abdomen. [2]

Habitat and conservation

Austrochaperina blumi occurs in disturbed habitats, including villages, lawns, and rural gardens, and presumably also in forests, [1] at elevations of 340–1,840 m (1,120–6,040 ft) above sea level. [1] [4] It is locally very abundant. Presumably, development is direct (i.e, there is no free-living larval stage [6] ). [1] It is a very adaptable species that probably is not facing any threats. It is not known to occur in any protected areas. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Austrochaperina blumi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T57688A151638732. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T57688A151638732.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Zweifel, R. G. (2000). "Partition of the Australopapuan microhylid frog genus Sphenophryne with descriptions of new species". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 253: 1–130.
  3. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Austrochaperina blumi Zweifel, 2000". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 Kraus, Fred & Allison, Allen (2006). "Range extensions for reptiles and amphibians along the northern versant of Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Herpetological Review. 37 (3): 364–368.
  5. 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael & Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 25. ISBN   978-1-907807-42-8.
  6. ↑ Vitt, Laurie J. & Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 166.
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