Austrochaperina kosarek
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Austrochaperina kosarek

Austrochaperina kosarek is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to New Guinea and only known from its type locality, Kosarek, in West Papua (Indonesia). It is only known from one specimen collected in 1979. It has not been well-studied but it might be widespread in suitable habitat.

Appearance

The holotype is an adult female measuring 21 mm (0.8 in) in snout–vent length. The head almost as wide as the body. The snout is tapering to a sharply rounded tip but is rounded and slightly projecting in profile. The eyes are large. The tympanic annulus is obscure; a weak postorbital-supratympanic fold is present. The legs are short. The finger tips are flattened and disc-like, but only the disc of the third finger is broader than the penultimate phalanx; discs have somewhat broader discs. No webbing is present. The dorsum is light brown with obscure, small, darker markings and a dark mark above the cloacal opening. The snout is gray above, almost white on its tip. The chin and chest are dark brown with small light spots, in contrast to the pale abdomen irregularly spotted with brown.

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References

1. Austrochaperina kosarek Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrochaperina_kosarek
2. Austrochaperina kosarek on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/57693/151644721

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