Hylophorbus infulatus is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to New Guinea and known from its type locality, Arau in the Kratke Mountains, as well as from the Adelbert Range, both in Papua New Guinea.[1][3] Common name Arau archipelago frog has been proposed for it.[1][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Genus: | Hylophorbus |
| Species: | H. infulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hylophorbus infulatus (Zweifel, 1972)
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Description
editHylophorbus infulatus is a relatively slender and long-legged frog. The holotype is an adult female measuring 37 mm (1.5 in) in snout–vent length; the maximum length is 39 mm (1.5 in) SVL. The head is narrower than the body. The eyes are relatively large. The tympanum is indistinct, as is the supratympanic fold. The fingers and toes have small, grooved discs. The back is brown with indistinct brown mottling, surrounded by two dorsolateral dark-brown bands alluded to in its specific name infulatus, which is Latin for "adorned with a band". The bands are sharply delimited towards the light gray-brown flanks and belly. The throat is heavily mottled with brown. Males have a single subgular vocal sac.[2]
Habitat and conservation
editHylophorbus infulatus is known from transitional zone between mature mid-montane and lower-montane forest, at elevations of 1,100–1,400 m (3,600–4,600 ft) above sea level. Males call from exposed positions on the forest floor. It has been recorded as reasonably common where it has been encountered. Threats to this species are unknown. It is not known to occur in any protected areas.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Hylophorbus infulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T57868A151847877. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T57868A151847877.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Zweifel, Richard George (1972). "A revision of the frogs of the subfamily Asterophryinae, family Microhylidae". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 148: 411–546. hdl:2246/1102.
- ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2020). "Hylophorbus infulatus (Zweifel, 1972)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001. Retrieved 30 October 2020.