Hylophorbus
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Hylophorbus is a genus of microhylid
Microhylidae
Microhylidae is a geographically widespread family of frogs. There are 413 species in 69 genera and nine subfamilies, which is the largest number of genera of any frog family.-Description:...

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Frog
Frogs are amphibians in the order Anura , formerly referred to as Salientia . Most frogs are characterized by a short body, webbed digits , protruding eyes and the absence of a tail...

s endemic to New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...

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Species

Binomial Name and Author Common Name
Hylophorbus nigrinus
Hylophorbus nigrinus
Hylophorbus nigrinus is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...

Yapen Mawatta Frog
Hylophorbus picoides
Hylophorbus picoides
Hylophorbus picoides is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...

Wandammen Mawatta Frog
Hylophorbus rainerguentheri
Hylophorbus rainerguentheri
Hylophorbus rainerguentheri is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea....

Huon Mawatta Frog
Hylophorbus richardsi
Hylophorbus richardsi
Hylophorbus richardsi is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:* Richards, S. & Günther, R. 2004. . Downloaded on 23 July 2007....

Richards' Mawatta Frog
Hylophorbus rufescens
Hylophorbus rufescens
Hylophorbus rufescens is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is found in West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

Red Mawatta Frog
Hylophorbus sextus
Hylophorbus sextus
Hylophorbus sextus is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:* Richards, S. & Günther, R. 2004. . Downloaded on 23 July 2007....

Wapoga Mawatta Frog
Hylophorbus tetraphonus
Hylophorbus tetraphonus
Hylophorbus tetraphonus is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...

Four-tones Mawatta Frog
Hylophorbus wondiwoi
Hylophorbus wondiwoi
Hylophorbus wondiwoi is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...

Wondiwoi Mawatta Frog

External links

. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Hylophorbus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: June 13, 2008). [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Hylophorbus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: June 13, 2008). taxon Hylophorbus at http://www.eol.org. Taxon Hylophorbus at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: June 13, 2008).


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