Oreophryne wapoga
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| Oreophryne wapoga | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Genus: | Oreophryne |
| Species: | O. wapoga |
| Binomial name | |
| Oreophryne wapoga | |
Oreophryne wapoga is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Western New Guinea (Indonesia) and is known from its type locality, the headwaters of the Wapoga River, and from the island of Papua (province), both in the Papua province.[1][3] The Yapen population might represent a separate species.[1][2]
Adult males in the type series from Wapoga measure 22–23 mm (0.9–0.9 in) in snout–urostyle length (SUL); no females were collected. Males from Yapen are on average slightly smaller than from Wapoga, respectively 20.9 and 22.6 mm (0.8 and 0.9 in) SUL. A female from Yapen measures 22.5 mm (0.9 in) SUL.[2]
Oreophryne wapoga is morphologically similar to Oreophryne atrigularis, but the head is relatively shorter and the eyes bigger. The throat is dark brown, and the pigmentation of the body is more spotted. The ground colour is beige, grey, or brown dorsally and cream ventrally. One of the five Wapoga types has a relatively broad mid-dorsal line.[2]