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Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Papuan Region
(Allen Allison & Fred Kraus, October 2011)
ANURA:Bufonidae•Hylidae•Microhylidae •Myobatrachidae •Ranidae
Bufonidae
Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bufo melanostictus Schneider, 1799
Hylidae
Litoria albolabris (Wandolleck, 1911)
Litoria amboinensis (Horst, 1883)
Litoria angiana (Boulenger, 1915)
Litoria arfakiana (Peters & Doria, 1878)
Litoria aruensis (Horst, 1883)
Litoria auae Menzies & Tyler, 2004
Litoria becki (Loveridge, 1945)
Litoria biakensis Günther, 2006
Litoria bibonius Kraus & Allison, 2004
Litoria cf. bicolor
Litoria brongersmai (Loveridge, 1945)
Litoria bulmeri (Tyler, 1968)
Litoria caerulea (White, 1790)
Litoria chloristona Menzies, Richards, & Tyler, 2008
Litoria chloronota (Boulenger, 1911)
Litoria chrisdahli Richards, 2007
Litoria christianbergmanni Günther, 2008
Litoria congenita (Peters & Doria, 1878)
Litoria contrastens (Tyler, 1968)
Litoria darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1945)
Litoria dorsalis Macleay, 1878
Litoria dorsivena (Tyler, 1968)
Litoria dux Richards & Oliver, 2006
Litoria elkeae Günther & Richards, 2000
Litoria eschata Kraus & Allison, 2009
Litoria eucnemis (Lönnberg, 1900)
Litoria eurynastes Menzies, Richards, & Tyler, 2008
Litoria exophthalmia Tyler, Davies & Aplin, 1986
Litoria flavescens Kraus & Allison, 2004
Litoria fuscula Oliver and Richards, 2007
Litoria gasconi Richards, Oliver, Krey, and Thaturadi, 2009
Litoria genimaculata (Horst, 1883)
Litoria graminea (Boulenger, 1905)
Litoria havina Menzies, 1993
Litoria hilli Jones & Richards, 2007
Litoria humboldtorum Günther, 2006
Litoria huntorum Richards, Oliver, Dahl & Tjaturadi, 2006
Litoria impura (Peters & Doria, 1878)
Litoria infrafrenata (Günther, 1867)
Litoria iris (Tyler, 1962)
Litoria jeudii (Werner, 1901)
Litoria kumae Menzies & Tyler, 2004
Litoria leucova (Tyler, 1968)
Litoria lodesdema Menzies, Richards, & Tyler, 2008
Litoria longicrus (Boulenger, 1911)
Litoria louisiadensis (Tyler, 1968)
Litoria lutea (Boulenger, 1887)
Litoria macki Richards, 2001
Litoria majikthise Johnston & Richards, 1994
Litoria megalops Richards & Iskandar, 2006
Litoria mareku Günther, 2008
Litoria micromembrana (Tyler, 1968)
Litoria modica (Tyler, 1968)
Litoria mucro Menzies, 1993
Litoria multicolor Günther, 2004
Litoria multiplica (Tyler, 1964)
Litoria mystax (van Kampen, 1906)
Litoria napaea (Tyler, 1968)
Litoria nasuta (Gray, 1841)
Litoria nigrofrenata (Günther, 1867)
Litoria nigropunctata (Meyer, 1874)
Litoria obtusirostris Meyer, 1874
Litoria oenicolen Menzies & Zweifel, 1974
Litoria ollauro Menzies, 1993
Litoria pratti (Boulenger, 1911)
Litoria pronimia Menzies, 1993
Litoria prora (Menzies, 1969)
Litoria purpureolata Oliver, Richards, Tjaturadi & Iskandar, 2007
Litoria pygmaea (Meyer, 1874)
Litoria quadrilineata Tyler & Parker, 1974
Litoria rara Günther & Richards, 2005
Litoria richardsi Dennis & Cunningham, 2006
Litoria rivicola Günther & Richards, 2005
Litoria robinsonae Oliver, Stuart-Fox, & Richards, 2008
Litoria rothii (de Vis, 1884)
Litoria rubella (Gray, 1842)
Litoria rubrops Kraus & Allison, 2004
Litoria sanguinolenta (van Kampen, 1909)
Litoria sauroni Richards & Oliver, 2006
Litoria scabra Günther & Richards, 2005
Litoria singadanae Richards, 2005
Litoria spartacus Richards & Oliver, 2006
Litoria spinifera (Tyler, 1968)
Litoria thesaurensis (Peters, 1878)
Litoria timida Tyler & Parker, 1972
Litoria umarensis Günther, 2004
Litoria umbonata Tyler & Davies, 1983
Litoria vagabunda (Peters & Doria, 1878)
Litoria verae Günther, 2004
Litoria viranula Menzies, Richards, & Tyler, 2008
Litoria vocivincens Menzies, 1972
Litoria wapogaensis Richards & Iskandar, 2001
Litoria wisselensis (Tyler, 1968)
Litoria wollastoni (Boulenger, 1914)
Nyctimystes avocalis Zweifel, 1958
Nyctimystes cheesmani Tyler, 1964
Nyctimystes daymani Zweifel, 1958
Nyctimystes disruptus Tyler, 1963
Nyctimystes fluviatilis Zweifel, 1958
Nyctimystes foricula Tyler, 1963
Nyctimystes granti (Boulenger, 1914)
Nyctimystes gularis Parker, 1936
Nyctimystes humeralis (Boulenger, 1912)
Nyctimystes kubori Zweifel, 1958
Nyctimystes kuduki Richards, 2007
Nyctimystes montanus (Peters & Doria, 1878)
Nyctimystes narinosus Zweifel, 1958
Nyctimystes obsoletus (Lönnberg, 1900)
Nyctimystes oktediensis Richards & Johnston, 1993
Nyctimystes papua (Boulenger, 1897)
Nyctimystes perimetri Zweifel, 1958
Nyctimystes persimilis Zweifel, 1958
Nyctimystes pulcher (Wandolleck, 1911)
Nyctimystes semipalmatus Parker, 1936
Nyctimystes trachydermis Zweifel, 1983
Nyctimystes tyleri Zweifel, 1983
Nyctimystes zweifeli Tyler, 1967
Microhylidae
Albericus alpestris Kraus, 2010
Albericus brunhildae Menzies, 1999
Albericus darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1948)
Albericus exclamitans Kraus & Allison, 2005
Albericus fafniri Menzies, 1999
Albericus gudrunae Menzies, 1999
Albericus gunnari Menzies, 1999
Albericus laurini Günther, 2000
Albericus murritus Kraus and Allison, 2009
Albericus rhenaurum Menzies, 1999
Albericus sanguinopictus Kraus & Allison, 2005
Albericus siegfriedi Menzies, 1999
Albericus swanhildae Menzies, 1999
Albericus tuberculus (Richards & Johnston, 1992)
Albericus valkuriarum Menzies, 1999
Albericus variegatus (van Kampen, 1923)
Aphantophryne minuta Zweifel & Parker, 1989
Aphantophryne pansa Fry, 1917
Aphantophryne sabini Zweifel & Parker, 1989
Asterophrys leucopus Richards, Johnson & Burton, 1994
Asterophrys turpicola (Schlegel, 1837)
Austrochaperina adamantina Zweifel, 2000
Austrochaperina aquilonia Zweifel, 2000
Austrochaperina archboldi Zweifel, 2000
Austrochaperina basipalmata (van Kampen, 1906)
Austrochaperina blumi Zweifel, 2000
Austrochaperina brevipes (Boulenger, 1897)
Austrochaperina derongo Zweifel, 2000
Austrochaperina gracilipes Fry, 1912
Austrochaperina guttata Zweifel, 2000
Austrochaperina hooglandi (Zweifel, 1967)
Austrochaperina kosarek Zweifel, 2000
Austrochaperina macrorhyncha (van Kampen, 1906)
Austrochaperina mehelyi (Parker, 1934)
Austrochaperina minutissima Günther, 2009
Austrochaperina novaebritanniae Zweifel, 2000
Austrochaperina palmipes (Zweifel, 1956)
Austrochaperina parkeri Zweifel, 2000
Austrochaperina polysticta (Méhelÿ, 1901)
Austrochaperina rivularis Zweifel, 2000
Austrochaperina septentrionalis Allison & Kraus, 2003
Austrochaperina yelaensis Zweifel, 2000
Barygenys atra (Günther, 1896)
Barygenys cheesmanae Parker, 1936
Barygenys exsul Zweifel, 1963
Barygenys flavigularis Zweifel, 1972
Barygenys maculata Menzies & Tyler, 1977
Barygenys nana Zweifel, 1972
Barygenys parvula Zweifel, 1981
Callulops comptus (Zweifel, 1972)
Callulops doriae Boulenger, 1888
Callulops eremnosphax Kraus & Allison, 2009
Callulops fuscus (Peters, 1867)
Callulops glandulosus (Zweifel, 1972)
Callulops humicola (Zweifel, 1972)
Callulops marmoratus Kraus & Allison, 2003
Callulops omnistriatus Kraus & Allison, 2009
Callulops personatus (Zweifel, 1972)
Callulops robustus (Boulenger, 1898)
Callulops sagittatus Richards, Burton, Cunningham & Dennis, 1995
Callulops slateri (Loveridge, 1955)
Callulops stictogaster (Zweifel, 1972)
Callulops wilhelmanus (Loveridge, 1948)
Choerophryne allisoni Richards & Burton, 2003
Choerophryne amomani Günther, 2008
Choerophryne arndtorum Günther, 2008
Choerophryne burtoni Richards, Dahl & Hiaso, 2007
Choerophryne longirostris Kraus & Allison, 2001
Choerophryne microps Günther, 2008
Choerophryne nigrescens Günther, 2008
Choerophryne proboscidea van Kampen, 1914
Choerophryne rostellifer (Wandolleck, 1911)
Cophixalus aimbensis Hiaso, 2002
Cophixalus ateles (Boulenger, 1898)
Cophixalus balbus Günther, 2003
Cophixalus bewaniensis Kraus & Allison, 2000
Cophixalus biroi (Méhelÿ, 1901)
Cophixalus caverniphilus Kraus and Allison, 2009
Cophixalus cheesmanae Parker, 1934
Cophixalus cryptotympanum Zweifel, 1956
Cophixalus cupricarenus Kraus & Allison, 2009
Cophixalus daymani Zweifel, 1956
Cophixalus desticans Kraus & Allison, 2009
Cophixalus humicola Günther, 2006
Cophixalus interruptus Kraus & Allison, 2009
Cophixalus iovaorum Kraus & Allison, 2009
Cophixalus kethuk Kraus & Allison, 2009
Cophixalus kaindiensis Zweifel, 1979
Cophixalus linnaeus Kraus & Allison, 2009
Cophixalus melanops Kraus & Allison, 2009
Cophixalus misimae Richards & Oliver, 2007
Cophixalus monosyllabus Günther, 2010
Cophixalus nubicola Zweifel, 1962
Cophixalus parkeri Loveridge, 1948
Cophixalus phaeobalius Kraus & Allison, 2009
Cophixalus pipilans Zweifel, 1980
Cophixalus pulchellus Kraus & Allison, 2000
Cophixalus riparius Zweifel, 1962
Cophixalus shellyi Zweifel, 1956
Cophixalus sisyphus Kraus & Allison, 2006
Cophixalus sphagnicola Zweifel & Allison, 1982
Cophixalus tagulensis Zweifel, 1963
Cophixalus tetzlaffi Günther, 2003
Cophixalus timidus Kraus & Allison, 2006
Cophixalus tomaiodactylus Kraus & Allison, 2009
Cophixalus tridactylus Günther, 2006
Cophixalus variabilis Kraus & Allison, 2006
Cophixalus verecundus Zweifel & Parker, 1989
Cophixalus verrucosus (Boulenger, 1898)
Copiula expectata Günther, 2002
Copiula fistulans Menzies & Tyler, 1977
Copiula major Günther, 2002
Copiula minor Menzies & Tyler, 1977
Copiula obsti Günther, 2002
Copiula oxyrhina (Boulenger, 1898)
Copiula pipiens Burton & Stocks, 1986
Copiula tyleri Burton, 1990
Genyophryne thomsoni Boulenger, 1890
Hylophorbus nigrinus Günther, 2001
Hylophorbus picoides Günther, 2001
Hylophorbus proekes Kraus & Allison, 2009
Hylophorbus rainerguentheri Richards & Oliver, 2007
Hylophorbus richardsi Günther, 2001
Hylophorbus rufescens Macleay, 1898
Hylophorbus sextus Günther, 2001
Hylophorbus tetraphonus Günther, 2001
Hylophorbus wondiwoi Günther, 2001
Liophryne allisoni Zweifel, 2000
Liophryne dentata (Tyler & Menzies, 1971)
Liophryne magnitympanum Kraus & Allison, 2009
Liophryne rhododactyla Boulenger, 1897
Liophryne rubra Zweifel, 2000
Liophryne schlaginhaufeni (Wandolleck, 1911)
Liophryne similis Zweifel, 2000
Mantophryne axanthogaster Kraus & Allison, 2009
Mantophryne infulata (Zweifel, 1972)
Mantophryne lateralis Boulenger, 1887
Mantophryne louisiadensis (Parker, 1934)
Metamagnusia marani Günther, 2009
Oninia senglaubi Günther, 2010
Oreophryne albopunctata (van Kampen, 1909)
Oreophryne alticola Zweifel, Cogger & Richards, 2005
Oreophryne ampelos Kraus, 2011
Oreophryne anamiatoi Kraus and Allison, 2009
Oreophryne anthonyi (Boulenger, 1897)
Oreophryne asplenicola Günther, 2003
Oreophryne atrigularis Günther, Richards & Iskandar, 2001
Oreophryne biroi (Méhelÿ, 1897)
Oreophryne brachypus (Werner, 1898)
Oreophryne brevicrus Zweifel, 1956
Oreophryne brevirostris Zweifel, Cogger & Richards, 2005
Oreophryne clamata Günther, 2003
Oreophryne crucifer (van Kampen, 1913)
Oreophryne ezra Kraus and Allison, 2009
Oreophryne flava Parker, 1934
Oreophryne furu Günther, Richards, Thaturadi, and Iskandar, 2009
Oreophryne geislerorum (Boettger, 1892)
Oreophryne geminus Zweifel, Cogger & Richards, 2005
Oreophryne habbemensis Zweifel, Cogger & Richards, 2005
Oreophryne hypsiops Zweifel, Menzies & Price, 2003
Oreophryne idenburgensis Zweifel, 1956
Oreophryne inornata Zweifel, 1956
Oreophryne insulana Zweifel, 1956
Oreophryne kampeni Parker, 1934
Oreophryne kapisa Günther, 2003
Oreophryne loriae (Boulenger, 1898)
Oreophryne minuta Richards & Iskandar, 2000
Oreophryne notata Zweifel, 2003
Oreophryne parkeri Loveridge, 1955
Oreophryne pseudasplenicola Günther, 2003
Oreophryne sibilans Günther, 2003
Oreophryne terrestris Zweifel, Cogger & Richards, 2005
Oreophryne unicolor Günther, 2003
Oreophryne waira Günther, 2003
Oreophryne wapoga Günther, Richards & Iskandar, 2001
Oreophryne wolterstorffi (Werner, 1900)
Oxydactyla alpestris Zweifel, 2000
Oxydactyla brevicrus van Kampen, 1913
Oxydactyla coggeri Zweifel, 2000
Oxydactyla crassa (Zweifel, 1956)
Oxydactyla stenodactyla Zweifel, 2000
Paedophryne kathismaphlox Kraus, 2010
Paedophryne oyatabu Kraus, 2010
Pherohapsis menziesi Zweifel, 1972
Pseudocallulops eurydactylus (Zweifel, 1972)
Pseudocallulops pullifer (Günther, 2006)
Sphenophryne cornuta Peters & Doria, 1878
Xenorhina adisca Kraus & Allison, 2003
Xenorhina anorbis (Blum & Menzies, 1988)
Xenorhina arboricola Allison & Kraus, 2000
Xenorhina arfakianus (Blum & Menzies, 1988)
Xenorhina arndti Günther, 2010
Xenorhina bidens van Kampen, 1909
Xenorhina bouwensi (de Witte, 1930)
Xenorhina brachyrhyncha Kraus, 2011
Xenorhina eiponis Blum & Menzies, 1988
Xenorhina fuscigula (Blum & Menzies, 1988)
Xenorhina gigantea van Kampen, 1915
Xenorhina huon (Blum & Menzies, 1988)
Xenorhina lanthanites (Günther & Knop, 2006)
Xenorhina macrodisca Günther & Richards, 2005
Xenorhina macrops van Kampen, 1909
Xenorhina mehelyi (Boulenger, 1898)
Xenorhina minima (Parker, 1934)
Xenorhina multisica (Blum & Menzies, 1988)
Xenorhina obesa (Zweifel, 1960)
Xenorhina ocellata van Kampen, 1913
Xenorhina ophiodon (Peters & Doria, 1878)
Xenorhina oxycephala (Schlegel, 1858)
Xenorhina parkerorum Zweifel, 1972
Xenorhina rostrata (Méhelÿ, 1898)
Xenorhina scheepstrai (Blum & Menzies, 1988)
Xenorhina schiefenhoeveli (Blum & Menzies, 1988)
Xenorhina similis (Zweifel, 1956)
Xenorhina subcrocea (Menzies & Tyler, 1977)
Xenorhina tumula (Blum & Menzies, 1988)
Xenorhina varia Günther & Richards, 2005
Xenorhina zweifeli (Kraus & Allison, 2002)
Myobatrachidae
Crinia remota (Tyler & Parker, 1974)
Lechriodus aganoposis Zweifel, 1972
Lechriodus melanopyga (Doria, 1874)
Lechriodus platyceps Parker, 1940
Limnodynastes convexiusculus (Macleay, 1878)
Mixophyes hihihorlo Donnellan, Mahony & Davies, 1990
Uperoleia lithomoda Tyler, Davies & Martin, 1981
Ranidae
Batrachylodes elegans Brown & Parker, 1970
Batrachylodes gigas Brown & Parker, 1970
Batrachylodes mediodiscus Brown & Parker, 1970
Batrachylodes minutus Brown & Parker, 1970
Batrachylodes montanus Brown & Parker, 1970
Batrachylodes trossulus Brown & Myers, 1949
Batrachylodes vertebralis Boulenger, 1887
Batrachylodes wolfi (Sternfeld, 1918)
Ceratobatrachus guentheri Boulenger, 1884
Discodeles bufoniformis (Boulenger, 1884)
Discodeles guppyi (Boulenger, 1884)
Discodeles malukuna Brown & Webster, 1969
Discodeles opisthodon (Boulenger, 1884)
Discodeles vogti Hediger, 1934
Limnonectes cancrivorus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
Limnonectes grunniens (Latreille, 1801)
Palmatorappia solomonis (Sternfeld, 1920)
Platymantis acrochordus (Brown, 1965)
Platymantis aculeodactylus Brown, 1952
Platymantis adiastolus Brown, Richards, Sumumaran & Foufopoulos, 2006
Platymantis admiraltiensis Richards, Mack, & Austin, 2007
Platymantis akarithymus Brown & Tyler, 1968
Platymantis batantae Zweifel, 1969
Platymantis bimaculatus Günther, 1999
Platymantis boulengeri (Boettger, 1892)
Platymantis browni Allison & Kraus, 2001
Platymantis bufonulus Kraus & Allison, 2007
Platymantis caesiops Kraus & Allison, 2009
Platymantis cheesmanae Parker, 1940
Platymantis cryptotis Günther, 1999
Platymantis desticans Brown & Richards, 2008
Platymantis gilliardi Zweifel, 1960
Platymantis guppyi (Boulenger, 1884)
Platymantis latro Richards, Mack, & Austin, 2007
Platymantis macrops (Brown, 1965)
Platymantis macrosceles Zweifel, 1975
Platymantis magnus Brown & Menzies, 1979
Platymantis mamusiorum Foufopoulos & Brown, 2004
Platymantis manus Kraus & Allison, 2009
Platymantis mimicus Brown & Tyler, 1968
Platymantis myersi Brown, 1949
Platymantis nakanaiorum Brown, Foufopoulos & Richards, 2006
Platymantis neckeri (Brown & Myers, 1949)
Platymantis nexipus Zweifel, 1975
Platymantis papuensis Meyer, 1874
Platymantis parilis Brown & Richards, 2008
Platymantis parkeri (Brown, 1965)
Platymantis punctatus Peters & Doria, 1878
Platymantis schmidti Brown & Tyler, 1968
Platymantis solomonis (Boulenger, 1884)
Platymantis sulcatus Kraus & Allison, 2007
Platymantis weberi Schmidt, 1932
Platymantis wuenscheorum Günther, 2005
Rana arfaki Meyer, 1874
Rana aurata Günther, 2003
Rana daemeli (Steindachner, 1868)
Rana garritor Menzies, 1987
Rana grisea van Kampen, 1913
Rana jimiensis Tyler, 1963
Rana kreffti Boulenger, 1882
Rana milneana Loveridge, 1948
Rana novaeguineae van Kampen, 1909
Rana papua Lesson, 1826
Rana supragrisea Menzies, 1987
Rana volkerjane Günther, 2003
Rana waliesa Kraus & Allison, 2007