Endemic Animals of Papua

Varanus macraei

Varanus macraei, the blue-spotted tree monitor or blue tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard found on the island of Batanta in Indonesia. It is named after herpetologist Duncan R. MacRae, founder of the reptile park Rimba on Bali.

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Salvadori's fig parrot

Salvadori's fig parrot (Psittaculirostris salvadorii ) is a species of parrot in the family Psittaculidae endemic to the northern part of the Papua province in Indonesia.

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Multi-coloured tree frog

The multi-coloured tree frog or multi-coloured frog ("Litoria multicolor ") is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, swamps, and freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Jobi tree frog

The Jobi tree frog ("Litoria " obtusirostris ) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.

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Cornufer batantae

Cornufer batantae is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia, and is known from two islands near the New Guinean mainland, Batanta and Waigeo. There are also unconfirmed records from Yapen and Gag Islands. Common name Batanta wrinkled ground frog has been coined for the species.

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Arfak Mountain tree frog

The Arfak Mountain tree frog (Litoria chloronota ) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. The threats are not known and is thought to be locally protected and occurs in Arfak Mountains National Park.

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Hylophorbus sextus

Hylophorbus sextus is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Ranoidea brongersmai

Ranoidea brongersmai is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae. It is endemic to New Guinea and known from its type locality in the Snow Mountains (Panara Valley near Mount Doorman Top), and according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, from another location in the Wapoga River headwaters some 100 km further west. Both sites are in Western New Guinea (Indonesia). Its range is probably broader than current knowledge suggests. The ...
specific name brongersmai honours Leo Brongersma, a Dutch author and zoologist. Accordingly, common name Brongersma's treefrog has been proposed for it.

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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.

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Umar treefrog

The Umar tree frog (Litoria umarensis ) is a species of frogs in the family Pelodryadidae.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, and heavily degraded former forests.

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Lined tree frog

The lined tree frog (Litoria quadrilineata ) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are swamps and urban areas.

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Sabang tree frog

The Sabang tree frog (Nyctimystes sanguinolenta ) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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Ranoidea pratti

Ranoidea pratti, commonly known as Pratt's tree frog, is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae. It is endemic to the Vogelkopf Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia, where the type series was collected. There are no confirmed records of this species after it was first recorded, so very little information exists on it.Ranoidea pratti is named after Antwerp Edgar Pratt, an explorer who collected the type series.

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Cophixalus tetzlaffi

Cophixalus tetzlaffi is a species of frogs in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia, where it is only known from near its type locality, Fakfak Mountains near the town of Fakfak.

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Litoria wapogaensis

Litoria wapogaensis is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia, and only known from its type locality in the headwaters of the Wapoga River at about 1,100 m (3,600 ft) above sea level.Its natural habitat is tropical rainforest with small, slow-flowing streams, its breeding habitat. While the known range is very small, it was reasonably common there. There are no known threats to this species.

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Nyctimystes montanus

Nyctimystes montanus (common name: mountain big-eyed tree frog) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae. It is endemic to the Arfak Mountains, located in the Bird's Head Peninsula of northwestern New Guinea. This species is only known from its type locality ("Hatam sul Monte Arfak"). There are no records of this species after it was described in 1878, perhaps because of lack of surveys.

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Wendessi tree frog

The Wendessi tree frog (Litoria longicrus ) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae.It is found in New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.

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Ranoidea elkeae

Ranoidea elkeae is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Oreophryne atrigularis

Oreophryne atrigularis is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Western New Guinea (Indonesia) and known from its type locality, the Wondiwoi Mountains at the base of the Wandammen Peninsula, and from another location further east between Nabire and Mapia.

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Oreophryne kapisa

Oreophryne kapisa is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to the Indonesian islands Biak and Supiori, northwest of New Guinea. Common name Kapisa's cross frog has been proposed for it.Oreophryne kapisa occurs in swamps, cultivated areas with fairly dry conditions, and remote tropical forests. Animals have been collected perching in vegetation some 0.5 to 7 m (2 to 23 ft) above the ground. It presumably has direct d ...
evelopment (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage), like other Oreophryne.Oreophryne kapisa is assumed to be a common species within its small range. It also appears to tolerate some habitat modification, and is therefore not considered threatened.

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Ranoidea macki

Ranoidea macki is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.

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Cornufer cryptotis

Cornufer cryptotis is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

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Choerophryne nigrescens

Choerophryne nigrescens is a species of frogs in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to the Papua Province, Indonesia, and is known from its type locality and two other localities on the island of Yapen (Papua Province), off the north-western coast of New Guinea, as well as from one record from Foja Mountains in New Guinea. Common name blackish choerophryne has been suggested for it.

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Snow Mountains tree frog

The Snow Mountains tree frog (Ranoidea napaea ) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers.

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Wissel Lakes tree frog

The Wissel Lakes tree frog (Litoria wisselensis ) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, and rocky areas.

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Moaif tree frog

The Moaif tree frog (Litoria mystax ) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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Baliem River Valley tree frog

The Baliem River Valley tree frog (Litoria umbonata ) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae, endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, freshwater marshes, and rural gardens.

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Xenorhina arfakiana

Xenorhina arfakiana is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Oreophryne idenburgensis

Oreophryne idenburgensis is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Xenorhina eiponis

Xenorhina eiponis is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rural gardens.

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Oreophryne waira

Oreophryne waira is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Vera's treefrog

Vera's treefrog (Litoria verae ) is a species of frog in the family Pelodryadidae.It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, and swamps.It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Golden-spotted tree monitor

The golden-spotted tree monitor (Varanus boehmei), also known commonly as the golden speckled tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Waigeo Island in Indonesia.

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Manukwari blind snake

The Manukwari blind snake (Ramphotyphlops similis ) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.

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Reclusive ringtail possum

The reclusive ringtail possum or Monk ringtail possum (Pseudochirops coronatus ) is a species of marsupial in the family Pseudocheiridae. It is endemic to the Arfak Mountains in the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia.

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Leptomys arfakensis

Leptomys arfakensis is a species of rodent in the family of Muridae. It is found in the Arfak Mountains of West Papua, Indonesia.

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