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Cophixalus balbus

Wikipedia Abstract

Cophixalus balbus is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family; molecular data suggest that it might belong to the Oreophryne genus. It is known from West Papua, Indonesia, from the vicinity of its type locality in Yapen island, as well as from the Hunstein Mountains (East Sepik Province) and Bewani and Torricelli Mountains (West Sepik Province) in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat are patches of primary and secondary rainforest. There are no known threats to this species.
View Wikipedia Record: Cophixalus balbus

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  1.11 inches (2.82 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Pulau Yapen Tengah Nature Reserve 145792 Papua, Indonesia  

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0