Cornufer paepkei
Species of frog
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Cornufer paepkei is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae, endemic to rainforest habitat. Scientists know it exclusively from the type locality: the Fakfak Mountains in Indonesia, at between 400 and 860 meters above sea level.[1][2]
| Cornufer paepkei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ceratobatrachidae |
| Genus: | Cornufer |
| Species: | C. paepkei |
| Binomial name | |
| Cornufer paepkei (Günther, 2015) | |
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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.[3]
