Wirui Mehely Frog

About the Wirui Mehely Frog

Copiula pipiens is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is known from its type locality, Wirui near Wewak in the north coast of New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, and from the island of Yapen, off the north-western coast of New Guinea, in the West Papua province of Indonesia. The Yapen population might represent a different but closely related species. Common name Wirui Mehely frog has been coined for this species.

Adult males in the type series measure 23–25 mm (0.9–1.0 in) and the sole adult female 28 mm (1.1 in) in snout–vent length. The head is almost triangular, longer than it is broad. The snout is long and protruding. The eyes are small. The tympanum is visible; no supratympanic fold is present. The fingers and the toes bear small terminal discs and are unwebbed. The hind legs are moderately long. Skin is smooth. The dorsum has pale orange-pink ground color and is uniformly spotted. A faint mid-vertebral line is present. The ventral surfaces are creamy-white with brown markings; the vent region is suffused by orange-pink. Males have a single vocal sac.

The male advertisement call is a rapid series of high-pitched cheeps, emitted at a rate of about 10... Wikipedia →