Appearance
Males can grow to 46 mm and females to 64 mm in snout–vent length. The toes have a trace of basal webbing. The dorsum has numerous short skin folds. There are three dorsal color patterns morphs: unicolored, two-striped, and one-striped.The male advertisement call is loud and consists of partly clustered pulses. Note length is 96–157 ms and inter-note length is
130–306 ms. Note repetition rate is relatively low at 4 per second.
Naming
Common name Papua wrinkled ground frog has been coined for the species.Status
"Cornufer papuensis" is a very common species in much of its range and occurs in a variety of habitats from primary rain forest to secondary regrowth, gardens, and other heavily disturbed habitats. It is a lowland species occurring at elevations below 1,200 m. Males call at night, but sometimes start well before sunset. They call from the floor of the rain forest, usually taking an exposed or slightly sheltered position on the leaf litter, but may sometimes call from low shrubs.There are no known threats to this widespread and adaptable species. Furthermore, it occurs in many protected areas.
Habitat
"Cornufer papuensis" is a very common species in much of its range and occurs in a variety of habitats from primary rain forest to secondary regrowth, gardens, and other heavily disturbed habitats. It is a lowland species occurring at elevations below 1,200 m. Males call at night, but sometimes start well before sunset. They call from the floor of the rain forest, usually taking an exposed or slightly sheltered position on the leaf litter, but may sometimes call from low shrubs.There are no known threats to this widespread and adaptable species. Furthermore, it occurs in many protected areas.
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