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            <p> Cophixalus ateles (Boulenger, 1898)</p>
            <p> Boulenger (1898) described  Cophixalus ateles on the basis of several specimens obtained from Moroka, a region in Central Province, Papua New Guinea, that is approximately 20–30 km E of Port Moresby in the foothills of the Owen Stanley Mts. These specimens reside in the British Museum of Natural History in London and the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria in Genoa. The most distinctive feature of this species was its very short first finger without a dilated disc, a feature that has proven diagnostic for several other  Cophixalus species described since that time (Zweifel, 1956a, 1980; Kraus and Allison, 2000, 2009; Günther, 2006). However, since Boulenger’s description,  C. ateles has remained poorly known. The name had been applied to animals from the Central Highlands (Zweifel, 1956b; Tyler, 1963 a, b) that are now referred to  C. shellyi Zweifel, 1956a . From those mid-Twentieth-Century publications it appeared that  C. ateles and  C. shellyi were similar species: “It is not certain that the apparently diagnostic characters of  C. shellyi will continue to appear so when more specimens of  shellyi and  ateles become available...” (Zweifel, 1956a), and “It does appear that  shellyi is even closer to  ateles than originally suspected, but until additional topotypic material of the latter is obtained, the specific status of  shellyi must remain suspect...” (Tyler, 1963b). This assumption of close relationship was based primarily on the shared character of a reduced first finger, but both Zweifel (1956a) and Tyler (1963b) noted that Boulenger’s (1898) illustration of the hand of  C. ateles did not agree well with available specimens. Those discrepancies, the faded color patterns and soft state of preservation of the type series (Tyler,1963b), and the lack of additional topotypic material of  C. ateles have made exact identity of that species uncertain to the present. </p>
            <p> More recently, Kraus and Allison (2006) named three new species of closely related  Cophixalus that occur in the Papuan Peninsula of New Guinea. Of these,  C. sisyphus was diagnosed by its small size (SV = 12–14.1 mm), tuberculate dorsum, reduced first finger with a poorly developed disc lacking a circum-marginal groove, variegated or striped dorsal pattern, and a variety of morphometric details distinguishing it from its close relatives  C. variabilis and  C. timidus , also named in that same paper. Directly relevant to the present discussion is that Kraus and Allison (2006) distinguished  C. sisyphus from  C. ateles by the tuberculate dorsum and variegated or striped dorsal pattern of the former. This determination was based on photographs of two paralectotypes in the British Museum, which were very faded, as noted earlier (Tyler, 1963b), and showed no evidence of dorsal tuberculation. </p>
            <p> Since the description of  Cophixalus sisyphus two additional specimens of that species (BPBM 27492, 27494) have become available from near Moroka, Central Province, PNG, the type locality of  C. ateles . This unexpected discovery, and recent opportunities to directly compare paratypes of  C. sisyphus (BPBM 19304–05, 19314) to the lectotype (MSNG 29116) and seven paralectotypes of  C. ateles (MSNG 50182 [5 specimens under same number], BMNH 1947.2.12.6–7) allowed me to determine whether the presumptive diagnostic features of  C. sisyphus were valid vis-à-vis  C. ateles . They are not. </p>
            <p> When compared side by side, there is no morphological feature to distinguish the types of the two species. Further, except for the smooth skin and some rather shrunken measurements of some of the types of  C. ateles , there is no obvious difference in shape of body proportions to distinguish them from the paratypes of  C. sisyphus . This is confirmed by principal components analysis of these specimens vs. type specimens of the closely related  C. sisyphus ,  C. timidus , and  C. variabilis . In both bivariate (Fig. 1) and 3-dimensional (not shown) plots of wellpreserved specimens, the two specimens of  C. ateles cluster with the type series of  C. sisyphus to the exclusion of the similar  C. timidus and  C. variabilis . The specimens of  C. ateles are, indeed, at one extreme of the distribution of  C. sisyphus along PC1. This axis largely reflects specimen size, judging by the uniformly positive loadings of the constituent variables (Table 1). The position of the  C. ateles specimens at the low end of PC1 seems to be a reflection of their smaller measurements for a number of features relative to their overall body size. This apparently reflects measurement error—especially with respect to disc width—due to the soft and somewhat shrunken state of preservation of these specimens. When disc widths for these two specimens are artificially increased to be in line with those obtained from the recent  C. sisyphus types of those body sizes, both  C. ateles types more closely approach the distribution of the  C. sisyphus types, with the  C. ateles specimen lower on the graph now lying in the midst of adjacent  C. sisyphus specimens (graph not shown). Thus the little difference that appears between the  C. ateles types and  C. sisyphus types in multivariate analysis seems to merely reflect differences in preservation quality. </p>
            <p> Color pattern for several of the type specimens is faded, but others show the dorsal and ventral pattern elements typical of  C. sisyphus , including dark dorsal blotches and supratympanic line (two specimens), a broad mid-dorsal pale stripe margined in black (one specimen), dark punctations on the chin and chest (six specimens), and paired pale pectoral spots (two specimens). Furthermore, in basing their diagnosis of  C. sisyphus vis-à-vis  C. ateles on the smooth skin and lack of color pattern in the latter, Kraus and Allison (2006) overlooked the fact that Boulenger (1898) mentioned that  C. ateles had small warts and some pattern elements, although the latter were not specified in detail beyond noting the occasional presence of black dorsolateral lines and a light vertebral stripe. The frequent hourglass pattern seen on the dorsum and the dark flecking and blotching often seen in  C. sisyphus (Kraus and Allison, 2006) were not mentioned by Boulenger, although the black dorsolateral lines he did mention presumably represent the lateral margins of the hourglass markings described for  C. sisyphus . Given the lack of structural differences between  C. ateles and  C. sisyphus and the fact that the few color-pattern details given by Boulenger for  C. ateles are consistent with some of the patterns seen in  C. sisyphus , I synonymize  C. sisyphus with  C. ateles . The taxonomic history of  C. ateles becomes: </p>
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            <p> Cophixalus ateles (Boulenger, 1898)</p>
            <p> Sphenophryne ateles Boulenger, 1898: 708 .  Oreophryne ateles van Kampen, 1923: 115.  Cophixalus ateles Parker, 1934: 172 . </p>
            <p> Cophixalus sisyphus Kraus and Allison, 2006: 214 . </p>
            <p> Because the original description of  C. ateles is rather sparse on comparative details, the recent detailed description of  C. sisyphus (Kraus and Allison, 2006) will serve that purpose well. Hence, there is no need to provide a redescription here. </p>
            <p> Cophixalus ateles is known with certainty only from the region of the type locality and from the western slopes of Mt. Obree approximately 50 km to the east of that (Fig. 2). Several close relatives of  C. ateles occur throughout the southeastern region of New Guinea and offshore islands (see below), but the exact distributions of these species are not yet well known. It is clear, however, that  C. ateles is syntopic with at least one of these (  C. variabilis ) in the Moroka region (both having been taken at 2.2 km S and 3.1 km W of Wori Wori Bluff, 9.39575˚S, 147.5699˚E, Central Province). Based on the type series of  C. sisyphus ,  C. ateles is known to range in elevation from 600–1870 m asl. </p>
            <p> It should be mentioned that, despite the shared feature of the first finger being reduced in size and lacking a circum-marginal groove,  C. ateles is not particularly closely related to  C. shellyi , as implied in earlier literature. That implication derived from the early state of study of Papuan  Cophixalus , when only two species with reduced first fingers were known (Zweifel, 1956a, b; Tyler, 1963a, b). But several more species with that attribute have subsequently been described, and  C. ateles and  C. shellyi now appear to belong to separate species groups—whether monophyletic or paraphyletic—that have independently simplified the first finger—the two look nothing alike in habitus, color pattern, or other morphological details, yet each is closely similar to more recently described species. Based on overall appearance, call similarities, and similar lifestyles,  C. ateles is clearly closely related to  C. timidus and  C. variabilis (both of which have welldeveloped first fingers with terminal grooves), which is why they were described as sibling species. And the more recently described  C. linnaeus Kraus and Allison, 2009 and  C. phaeobalius Kraus and Allison, 2009 (which have well-developed first fingers with terminal grooves) as well as  C. tomaiodactylus Kraus and Allison, 2009 (which has the reduced first finger lacking a terminal groove) probably belong to this species group too. All these species lack a black face mask; all are variegated in color pattern with brown, gray, and/ or black; all are scansorial; and all are known only from the Papuan Peninsula of New Guinea. In contrast, relatives of  C. shellyi (including  C. bewaniensis Kraus and Allison, 2000 ,  C. iovaorum Kraus and Allison, 2009 ,  C. pipilans Zweifel, 1980 , and  C. desticans Kraus and Allison, 2009 ) share the feature of a black face mask; all except  C. desticans also share a smooth dorsum (although  C. desticans has narrow dermal ridges dorsally, these are small and difficult to see, and the species does not have the tuberculate appearance of members of the  C. ateles group). Collectively, these species inhabit a broader portion of New Guinea, being found in the Papuan Peninsula as well as the Central Highlands, Huon Peninsula, and North Coast Ranges. Additional species (  C. humicola Günther, 2006 ,  C. kethuk Kraus and Allison, 2009 ,  C. sphagnicola Zweifel and Allison, 1982 , and  C. tridactylus Günther, 2006 ) also have reduced first fingers, but it remains uncertain whether they are closely related to either of the above two groups. Judging from very different body morphology, at least  C. kethuk and  C. sphagnicola likely represent additional independent acquisitions of this feature. The first appears closely related to  C. tagulensis Zweifel, 1963 , based on overall phenotypic similarity and the synapomorphic presence of toe webbing, and  C. tagulensis has a normal-sized first finger, suggesting that  C. kethuk has again independently acquired the reduced character state of that structure. And the habitus and morphology of  C. sphagnicola are unlike all the other  Cophixalus having reduced first fingers, suggesting that it too may represent an independent lineage not closely related to the others. Given the small size of all these species, it may be that reduced first-finger size is a frequent morphological corollary of size miniaturization, the latter perhaps acquired (at least in several species) in response to a lifestyle devoted to inhabiting leaf litter, as seen in other miniaturized frogs (Lehr and Coloma, 2008; Lehr and Catenazzi, 2009; Kraus, 2010, 2011). </p>
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            <p> Cophixalus verrucosus (Boulenger, 1898)</p>
            <p> Boulenger (1898) also described  Cophixalus verrucosus on the basis of two specimens from Moroka and six specimens from Mt Victoria. Both localities are within approximately 70 km of each other and outside of Port Moresby in the central Owen Stanley Range, Central Province, Papua New Guinea. The diagnostic features mentioned by Boulenger are a sharp canthus, vertical lores, projecting snout, head as long as broad, large finger discs, tuberculate skin, and hidden surfaces of thighs and groin with a pattern of large white spots on a black ground. Zweifel (1956a) emphasized the color pattern on the thighs as uniquely diagnostic within  Cophixalus , and Zweifel (1979) and Menzies (2006) added the detail that these colors are yellow on a dark-brown ground in life. Menzies (2006) further noted that the venter is gray anteriorly and bright lemon yellow posteriorly and on the hind limbs. In my experience, this too appears unique among the known species of the genus. This species ranges from sea level to 1600 m elevation throughout most of the Papuan Peninsula and on several of the offshore islands of Milne Bay Province (unpubl. data). </p>
            <p> Hiaso (2002) described  Cophixalus aimbensis on the basis of 11 specimens (one cleared and stained) collected from along the Aimba River, Sudest Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. He claimed that all specimens were male, but in fact three of them (UPNG 8464, 8466, 8469) are female. Hiaso diagnosed his new species from its congeners with the characters: (1) head as long as broad, (2) snout rounded dorsally and projecting in profile, (3) fingers and toes with small terminal discs with marginal grooves, and (4) width of finger discs slightly larger than width of toe discs. The first two features were both mentioned by Boulenger (1898) in his description of  C. verrucosus . Furthermore, the first does not serve to distinguish  C. aimbensis from most species of  Cophixalus . My remeasurements of the nine remaining type specimens of  C. aimbensis (UPNG 8468 and 8470 are missing and presumably destroyed, cf. Shea and Kraus, 2007) show that HL/HW varies in that series from 0.88–0.99, following the mode shown by most members of the genus, which tend to have the head slightly shorter than wide. These figures differ from those provided by Hiaso (HL/HW = 0.99–1.14), but he didn’t define the landmarks used for his measurements, so the source of this difference is uncertain. The second feature is distinctive within Papuan  Cophixalus , but it is also shared with  C. cheesmanae Parker, 1934 and  C. verrucosus . Hiaso’s third diagnostic feature characterizes almost all members of  Cophixalus and is, hence, uninformative. His fourth feature characterizes almost half the Papuan species of  Cophixalus . Indeed, Menzies and Tyler (1977) thought the greater breadth of the finger discs relative to the toe discs was a diagnostic feature of  Cophixalus vis-à-vis  Copiula Méhely, 1901 , but there is more variation in that feature within  Cophixalus (as currently constituted) than they thought, and a large number of species do not fit this description (Kraus and Allison, 2009). </p>
            <p> Although not used in his diagnosis, Hiaso (2002) also mentioned that his specimens were bright yellow on the posterior of the abdomen and on the hidden surfaces of the limbs, a feature noted above to be unique to  C. verrucosus . In his description, Hiaso (2006) did not explicitly compare his new species to any other member of the genus  Cophixalus , but, instead, concentrated on distinguishing it from members of the genus  Copiula , which it resembles only in having a projecting, though differently shaped, snout. From the original description, then,  C. aimbensis cannot be distinguished from  C. verrucosus . </p>
            <p> In 2004 I obtained a large series of  Cophixalus verrucosus on Sudest Island, the type locality of  C. aimbensis . There is nothing to distinguish these specimens from the type series of  C. aimbensis : they show complete overlap in bivariate morphometric ratios with the type series of  C. aimbensis and they match those specimens in all details of morphology and color pattern. They also closely match specimens of  C. verrucosus I have collected from several localities throughout the Papuan Peninsula in everything but their larger body size (Sudest male SV = 24.5–31.0 mm vs. 19.5–27.5 mm elsewhere; Sudest female SV = 29.6–37.0 mm vs. 23.0–31.7 elsewhere, Table 2). In particular, they share the projecting snout, vertical lores, hidden surfaces of thighs and groin dark brown with large yellow spots, grey chin and throat, and lemon-yellow abdomen and undersurfaces of legs that are characteristic of  C. verrucosus . That all of these specimens represent  C. verrucosus is further indicated by principal components analysis of the Sudest specimens compared to  C. verrucosus from several localities elsewhere in their range. In both bivariate (Fig. 3) and 3-dimensional (not shown) plots, the Sudest specimens cannot be distinguished from  C. verrucosus , although they lie to the extreme of that species along PC1. However, this axis largely reflects specimen size, judging by the uniformly positive loadings of the constituent variables (Table 3), and this merely confirms that Sudest animals are on average larger than those from other populations of  C. verrucosus . As can be seen from the loadings and from examination of scatter plots, there is no information expressed in PC2 or PC3 that serves to distinguish among populations (Fig. 3 B). Smaller-sized specimens from Sudest overlap the morphological distribution of specimens from Moroka and approach those from Mt. Victoria, the type localities for  C. verrucosus . More importantly, there is no obvious break in morphotype between mainland and Sudest populations. This holds as well if the mainland localities are each distinguished separately on the plot (graph not shown), in which case the Sudest specimens adjoin and overlap those from the Cloudy Mts., the geographically most proximate population on the mainland. That population, in turn, overlaps populations from elsewhere in Milne Bay and Central provinces. </p>
            <p>SV (mm) Males Females</p>
            <p> mean (n) range mean (n) range Mt Victoria 24.1 (2) 23.2–25.0 28.6 (4) 26.8–31.7 Moroka 22.8 (2) 22.3–23.3 26.2 (2) 26.0–26.4 Mt Simpson 20.6 (4) 19.5–22.5 24.7 (3) 24.1–25.1 Oya Tabu 25.1 (7) 23.3–27.5 28.1 (3) 23.9–31.5 Cloudy Mts ― 27.3 (10) 23.0–31.1 Sudest Island 28.6 (5) 24.5–31.0 33.0 (5) 29.6–37.0 It could perhaps be posited that the Sudest population in fact represents a distinct, separate species that is merely closely related to  C. verrucosus . If true, one might expect differences to appear in call parameters between the Sudest animals and representatives of  C. verrucosus from the mainland. This too is not the case. The call of  C. verrucosus is a single pulsed note emitted at time intervals ranging from 1.5–52 s in animals recorded by me. To the human ear the call sounds raspy, similar to a thumb dragged over the teeth of a comb. No call parameter serves to distinguish the Sudest population from mainland populations of  C. verrucosus (Table 4, Figs. 2, 4); instead, there is considerable overlap with mainland populations in all these parameters. Of particular interest is that the range of variation in the call parameters from the Sudest sample, with the exception of pulse rate, are entirely contained within the range seen for those same parameters from the Cloudy Mts sample (Table 4), its geographically nearest neighbor. Because no morphological, color-pattern, or call differences serve to distinguish  C. aimbensis from  C. verrucosus , and both taxa share a number of color-pattern features unique within  Cophixalus , I synonymize the former with the latter. The taxonomic history for the species becomes: </p>
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            <p> Cophixalus verrucosus (Boulenger, 1898)</p>
            <p> Sphenophryne verrucosa Boulenger, 1898: 707 . Type locality: Moroka [Central Province, Papua New Guinea].  Oreophryne verrucosa Nieden, 1926: 43 . </p>
            <p> Cophixalus verrucosus Parker, 1934: 175 . </p>
            <p> Cophixalus aimbensis Hiaso, 2002: 97 . </p>
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            <p> Cophixalus pictus ,  sp. nov.</p>
            <p>Fig. 5</p>
            <p>Holotype. BPBM 1187, collected by J.L. Gressitt, Bomberai, 2.766º S, 132.788º E, Fakfak Division, West Papua Province, Indonesia, 3 June 1959.</p>
            <p>Diagnosis. A species characterized by its unique combination of small size (SV = 15.7 mm) with finger discs larger than toe discs (3rdF/4thT = 1.30); first finger of normal size, with disc that lacks a circum-marginal groove; moderately large finger discs (3rdF/SV = 0.046); short legs (TL/SV = 0.46); short and narrow snout (EN/SV = 0.089, SN/EY = 0.88, EN/IN = 1.08); hidden tympanum; large eye (EY/SV = 0.15); face dark brown posteriorly, tan with dark-brown flecks anteriorly; boldly blotched with dark-brown spots laterally and ventrally (Fig. 5).</p>
            <p> Comparisons with other species. The new species differs from all Papuan congeners except  C. daymani Zweifel, 1956b and  C. kethuk in having the snout shorter than the eye. It differs from  C. daymani in its narrower snout (IN/SV = 0.90–0.108, EN/IN = 0.78–0.88 in  C. daymani ); it differs from  C. kethuk in lacking (vs. having in  C. kethuk ) basal webbing on the toes, having a normal-sized (vs. reduced in  C. kethuk ) first finger with (vs. lacking in  C. kethuk ) a disc, and being blotched dorsally (vs. having a dorsal hourglass pattern in  C. kethuk ).  Cophixalus pictus also differs from all Papuan congeners in its boldly blotched lateral and ventral pattern.  Cophixalus pulchellus Kraus and Allison, 2000 is boldly blotched dorsally with black on silver-gray, but has a dark venter and disc of third finger smaller than that of fourth toe (3rdF/4thT = 0.94 in  C. pulchellus );  C. bewaniensis has a single large dark-brown blotch laterally but has the venter flecked with brown and has a reduced first finger lacking a disc. It is uncertain if the hidden tympanum of the holotype of  C. pictus is a preservation artifact, but this seems unlikely. If it is a reliable feature, then this character also serves to distinguish  C. pictus from all Papuan congeners except  C. cryptotympanum Zweifel, 1956b , which, in addition to the characters mentioned above, differs in having longer legs (TL/SV = 0.50–0.52 in  C. cryptotympanum ), a broader snout (EN/IN = 0.80–0.91 in  C. cryptotympanum ), and a light postocular stripe. </p>
            <p>Description of holotype. Sex uncertain because of state of preservation of internal features, but likely a juvenile male; eggs and enlarged oviducts clearly absent. Head moderately wide (HW/SV = 0.43), with steeply oblique loreal region and inflated upper lip; canthus rostralis rounded, straight when viewed from above; nostrils directed laterally, closer to tip of snout than to eyes; internarial distance narrower than distance from naris to eye (EN/IN = 1.08, IN/SV = 0.083, EN/SV = 0.089); snout slightly rounded when viewed from the side, rounded when viewed from above; eyes large (EY/SV = 0.15); eyelid approximately same width as interorbital distance; tympanum hidden. Dorsal, lateral, and ventral surfaces smooth; supratympanic fold absent. Fingers unwebbed, all bearing well-developed discs; relative lengths 3&gt;4&gt;2&gt;1. Discs of F3 and F4 with poorly developed circum-marginal grooves, approximately 2 times widths of penultimate phalanges (3rdF/SV = 0.046); discs of F1 and F2 lacking such grooves, that of F2 approximately 1.5 times width of penultimate phalanx, that of F1 barely wider than penultimate phalanx. Subarticular tubercles poorly developed, metacarpal tubercles not evident. Toes unwebbed, bearing discs, with terminal grooves on T2–T5; relative lengths 4&gt;3&gt;5&gt;2&gt;1. Toe discs smaller than those of fingers (3rdF/4thT = 1.30); disc of fourth toe approximately 1.5 times as wide as penultimate phalanx (4thT/SV = 0.036); disc of first toe approximately same width as penultimate phalanx. Subarticular and metatarsal tubercles not obvious. Hind legs rather short (TL/SV = 0.46).</p>
            <p>Dorsum and upper sides brown, lighter lower on sides, with few dark-brown flecks on head and shoulders; sides with numerous dark-brown blotches, larger and more rounded ventrally (Fig. 5). Front and rear of thighs brown with large dark-brown blotches. Posterior of face dark brown with few tiny tan flecks; snout tan with few dark-brown flecks (Fig. 5). Chin, throat, and chest dark brown with few tiny tan flecks, mostly near jaw margins; symphysis tan. Abdomen tan with dark-brown blotches and minutely stippled with black. Iris dark brown.</p>
            <p>Measurements (in mm). —SV = 15.7, TL = 7.3, HW = 6.8, IN = 1.3, EN = 1.4, SN = 2.1, EY = 2.4, 3rdF = 0.73, 4thT = 0.56.</p>
            <p>Etymology. The name is a masculine Latin adjective meaning “painted” and is in reference to the boldly blotched color pattern of the species.</p>
            <p>Range. Known only from the type locality in western New Guinea (Fig. 6). The coordinates are along the coast, and the entire peninsula is of low elevation, so presumably this species inhabits lowland rainforest.</p>
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            <p> Cophixalus nexipus ,  sp. nov.</p>
            <p>Fig. 7, 8 A</p>
            <p>Holotype. BPBM 19323 (field tag FK 9108), collected by F. Kraus and B. Iova, W slope Mt. Obree, 9.4601º S, 148.0304º E, 1800–2040 m, Central Province, Papua New Guinea, 7 February 2004.</p>
            <p>Paratypes (n = 21). BPBM 19320–21, same data as holotype except collected 4 February by F. Kraus; BPBM 19322, same data as holotype except collected 5 February by F. Kraus; BPBM 19324–37, PNGNM 24108–11, same data as holotype.</p>
            <p>Diagnosis. A species characterized by its unique combination of modest size (male SV = 18.9–22.7 mm, female SV = 27.2–27.5 mm); basal webbing between toes; finger discs larger than toe discs (3rdF/4thT = 1.07–1.37); first finger of normal size, bearing a disc; dorsum pustulose, irregularly smudged/mottled with dark brown; and venter straw yellow densely and evenly flecked with dark brown.</p>
            <p> Comparisons with other species. The new species differs from all other Papuan members of the genus except  C. kethuk and  C. tagulensis in having webbing between the toes. Both of those species are of smaller size (SV 12.4–15.0 mm in  C. kethuk and 13.5–18.5 mm in  C. tagulensis ) and have finger discs smaller than toe discs. Further,  C. kethuk lacks a disc on the first finger and has a smooth dorsum, and  C. tagulensis has the toes halfwebbed and the venter evenly stippled, not flecked, with dark brown. </p>
            <p>Description of holotype. An adult male with small right-lateral incision, vocal slits. Head moderately wide (HW/SV = 0.39), with oblique loreal region; canthus rounded, straight when viewed from above (Fig. 7 A); nostrils directed laterally, closer to tip of snout than to eyes; internarial distance larger than distance from naris to eye (EN/ IN = 0.90, IN/SV = 0.093, EN/SV = 0.084); snout truncate when viewed from the side (Fig. 7 B), shallowly angulate when viewed from above; eyes of moderate size (EY/SV = 0.12); eyelid approximately 2/3 width of interorbital distance; tympanum small (TY/SV = 0.026) and indistinct. Dorsal and lateral surfaces pustulose; ventral surfaces granulose; supratympanic fold small but distinct. Fingers with trace of basal webbing; relative lengths 3&gt;4&gt;2&gt;1; first finger well developed (Fig. 7 C). Third finger disc approximately twice width of penultimate phalanx (3rdF/SV = 0.077); that of first finger barely wider than penultimate phalanx. Subarticular and metacarpal tubercles low and poorly developed but distinct. Toes with basal webbing and fringes along T3 and T4 that extend to the disc, bearing discs with terminal grooves; relative lengths 4&gt;3&gt;5&gt;2&gt;1 (Fig. 7 D). Toe discs smaller than those of fingers (3rdF/4thT = 1.30); disc of fourth toe less than 1.5 times width of penultimate phalanx (4thT/SV = 0.059); disc of first toe approximately same width as penultimate phalanx. Subarticular tubercles poorly developed; inner metatarsal tubercle low and elongate, outer lacking. Hind legs moderately long (TL/SV = 0.48).</p>
            <p>Dorsal ground color dark tan, irregularly mottled, smudged, and freckled with dark brown, this concentrated dorsolaterally, on snout, on posterior of head, and in a suprascapular chevron. A vaguely defined tan postocular stripe runs below the darker supratympanic fold. Rear of thighs tan mottled with dark brown; front of thighs same but with less dark mottling. Ventral surfaces straw yellow densely and evenly flecked with dark brown and with scattered gray-white punctations across abdomen. Iris black flecked with silver.</p>
            <p>Measurements (in mm). —SV = 22.7, TL = 11.0, HW = 8.8, HL = 7.4, IN = 2.1, EN = 1.9, SN = 3.0, EY = 2.7, TY = 0.6, 3rdF = 1.75, 4thT = 1.35.</p>
            <p>Variation. Mensural variation for the type series is shown in Table 5. Adult males and juveniles appear to have slightly larger snouts than do adult females (Table 5), but the difference is not great. Otherwise, no clear ontogenetic or sexually dimorphic differences are apparent in the type series. All specimens have clearly developed basal webbing between the toes, with that of the largest females appearing only slightly more conspicuous than what is seen in the other specimens.</p>
            <p>There is little color variation. Most specimens have the gray-brown appearance of the holotype, but three are lighter brown. Most have the dark suprascapular chevron, but this is often indistinct. The dark ventral flecking varies only slightly in intensity, with only four specimens having less contrast with the ground color than does the holotype.</p>
            <p>Color in life. From field notes for holotype BPBM 19323 (Fig. 8 A): “Dorsum mud-brown, reddish middorsally, with gray suprascapular chevron and dark brown flecks all over. Iris mud-brown. Venter pale purple, except chin and throat, which are pale straw; entire venter speckled with dark brown flecks. Rear of thighs mudbrown with dark-brown mottling. One dark band across the forearm, another above the wrist.” BPBM 19321: “Dorsum green-gray with gray scapular mark and irregular gray or black flecking, with pustules, which are tan. Limbs tan with black flecking; rear of thighs same. Venter flecked light and dark gray with scattered white flecks on abdomen. Posterior belly and under legs light straw. Iris light brown.” BPBM 19320 was yellow-brown above; BPBM 19330 had a narrow, tan mid-dorsal stripe.</p>
            <p>Call. This species calls at night from the edges of streams. Most calling animals were perched on leaves 4–30 cm above ground, but one specimen was calling from under a rock.</p>
            <p>The call is a single, relatively long (0.99– 1.35 s), highly pulsed note lacking harmonic structure and frequency modulation (Fig. 9 C) and delivered at intervals of 2.7 to 50 s apart (Table 6). To the human ear the call sounds similar to a squeaky door hinge or a throaty snore. The number of pulses/call varied from 44–63, and pulse rate varied from 41.5–57.4/s. Notes increase in amplitude relatively rapidly and maintain approximately maximum amplitude for most of the note before decreasing again relatively rapidly (Fig. 9 A). Notes have lesser-amplitude pulses at the beginning and end of the note, giving the waveform a rounded rectanglar shape, with most notes showing approximately equal-amplitude pulses for most of their duration (Fig. 10 A), but for the holotype notes frequently increase to peak amplitude more gradually than they decrease, giving the amplitude envelope a slight skew to the left (Fig. 10 B). Pulsing is invariably slower at the beginning, and quicker at the end, of each note. Dominant frequency varies from 2.80–3.96 kHz (Table 6, Fig. 9 B).</p>
            <p>Etymology. The trivial epithet is a masculine latinized Greek adjective meaning “web-footed”.</p>
            <p>Range. Known only from a single mid-elevation site at 1800–2040 m on the western slope of Mt. Obree, Central Province, Papua New Guinea (Fig. 2).</p>
            <p> Ecological notes. Animals were moderately common along the edges of a small, first-order stream having a bed of ca. 1–3 m width and containing water ca. 2–15 cm deep. Streambed consisted mostly of gravel and small rocks and occurred in relatively open forest with a canopy of approximately 30 m height. Only one animal was found higher than 30 cm above the ground or farther than 1 m from the edge of the stream. When disturbed, animals jumped to the rocks or gravel beneath and pressed themselves close to it. In such instances, their color matched the substrate well. This is the only  Cophixalus I have seen leap into a stream in an attempt at escape. This and the partially webbed feet suggest the species spends some amount of its time in streams, if only to escape predators. </p>
            <p>The smallest mature male is 18.9 mm SV; an immature male is 16.5 mm. The smallest mature female is 27.2 mm; four immature females range from 19.9–22.4 mm. Three unsexed juveniles range from 13.4–14.8 mm SV.</p>
            <p> Syntopic microhylids include  Callulops doriae ,  Cophixalus ateles ,  Cophixalus iovaorum ,  Hylophorbus sp., and  Liophryne magnitympanum . </p>
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            <p> Cophixalus albolineatus ,  sp. nov.</p>
            <p>Fig. 8 B, 11</p>
            <p>Holotype. BPBM 18433 (field tag FK 8479), collected by F. Kraus at NW slope Mt. Shungol, 5.35 km NW of summit, 6.8188º S, 146.6933º E, 780 m, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, 21 October 2003.</p>
            <p>Paratypes (n = 10). BPBM 18432, 18434–37, same data as holotype; BPBM 18429–30, NW slope Mt. Shungol, 5.6 km NW of summit, 6.8162º S, 146.6915º E, 750 m, 16 October; BPBM 18431, same data as 18429 except collected 20 October; BPBM 18438–39, same data as 18429 except collected 23 October.</p>
            <p>Referred specimens. BPBM 13445–49. Papua New Guinea: Morobe Province: Oomsis Forestry Camp, 6.6984º S, 146.8157º E, 500– 530 m.</p>
            <p>Diagnosis. A species characterized by its unique combination of small size (male SV = 16.8–20.5 mm, female SV = 20.1–21.0 mm); finger discs smaller than toe discs (3rdF/4thT = 0.65–0.77); first finger of reduced size, but still elongate and functional, lacking a flattened disc and terminal groove; leg relatively long (TL/SV = 0.53–0.61); snout short and broad (EN/IN = 0.71–0.91); skin smooth; face and postocular area black with a white line extending from snout tip, along canthus, and above eye, and another white line extending from behind eye, through tympanum, and down forearm; rear of thighs dark brown; and relatively slow peeping call with a dominant frequency of 1900–2000 Hz.</p>
            <p> Comparisons with other species.  Cophixalus albolineatus differs from all other members of the genus in having a conspicuous white line extending from the eye down the forearm; it also differs from all other Papuan  Cophixalus except for  C. ateles ,  C. desticans ,  C. iovaorum ,  C. kethuk ,  C. pipilans ,  C. shellyi , and  C. tomaiodactylus in the combination of having the finger discs smaller than the toe discs and having a reduced, though functional, first finger that lacks an expanded disc or terminal groove.  Cophixalus bewaniensis ,  C. humicola , and  C. tridactylus also have finger discs smaller than toe discs and a reduced first finger, but in those species the first finger is miniaturized to a non-functional nub easily distinguished from the elongate, functional finger of  C. albolineatus . From  C. ateles and  C. tomaiodactylus ,  C. albolineatus further differs in having a black face and a smooth dorsum (vs. pustulose or with dorsolateral row of pustules).  Cophixalus iovaorum and  C. kethuk further differ from the new species in having an hourglass pattern dorsally, marked by black dorsolateral lines.  Cophixalus iovaorum also differs in its smaller size (SV = 13.2–17.2 mm) and shorter leg (TL/SV = 0.41–0.49), and  C. kethuk has webbing between the toes, which is lacking in  C. albolineatus . From  C. desticans , the new species further differs in its larger size (male SV = 13.1–16.2 mm in  C. desticans ) and smooth skin (with dorsal ridges in  C. desticans ).  Cophixalus albolineatus further differs from  C. pipilans in lacking a dark postorbital bar, lacking a black dorsolateral line, and having a slower call with a lower dominant frequency (4900–5300 Hz in  C. pipilans ); it further differs from  C. shellyi in its longer leg (TL/SV = 0.44–0.53 in  C. shellyi ) and having a much slower call with a lower dominant frequency (ca. 5200 Hz in  C. shellyi ). </p>
            <p>Description of holotype. An adult female with small right-lateral incision. Head rather wide (HW/SV = 0.41), with vertical, slightly concave loreal region; canthus rounded, straight when viewed from above (Fig. 11 A); nostrils directed laterally, closer to tip of snout than to eyes; internarial distance larger than distance from naris to eye (EN/IN = 0.77, IN/SV = 0.127, EN/SV = 0.098); snout projecting when viewed from the side (Fig. 11 B), shallowly angulate when viewed from above; eyes of moderate size (EY/SV = 0.12); eyelid slightly more than half width of interorbital distance; tympanum fairly large (TY/SV = 0.078), with a distinct annulus. Dorsal, lateral, and ventral surfaces smooth; supratympanic fold absent. Fingers without webbing; relative lengths 3&gt;4&gt;2&gt;1. First finger small, with rounded tip but no expanded disc or circum-marginal groove; expanded discs and circummarginal grooves on remaining fingers (Fig. 11 C); third finger disc approximately twice width of penultimate phalanx (3rdF/SV = 0.049). Subarticular and metacarpal tubercles low and poorly developed but distinct. Toes without webbing or fringes, bearing discs with terminal grooves; relative lengths 4&gt;3&gt;5&gt;2&gt;1 (Fig. 11 D). Toe discs larger than those of fingers (3rdF/4thT = 0.74); disc of fourth toe more than twice width of penultimate phalanx (4thT/SV = 0.066); disc of first toe slightly broader than penultimate phalanx. Subarticular tubercles poorly developed; inner metatarsal tubercle low and elongate, outer lacking. Hind legs long (TL/SV = 0.57).</p>
            <p>In preservative, dorsum medium brown with few dark-brown spots; sides pale straw yellow with reticulum of brown; face, lower jaw, and tympanum dark brown with a postocular pale straw-yellow stripe extending from behind eye, through tympanum, and down forearm, subtended on forearm by field of dark brown. Palmar and plantar surfaces dark brown. Ventral surfaces pale straw yellow flecked with brown, flecking denser anteriorly and sparser on abdomen and under legs. Rear of thighs brown flecked with dark brown. Iris black.</p>
            <p>Measurements (in mm). —SV = 20.4, TL = 11.7, HW = 8.3, HL = 7.5, IN = 2.6, EN = 2.0, SN = 3.1, EY = 2.5, TY = 1.6, 3rdF = 1.00, 4thT = 1.35.</p>
            <p>Variation. Females average slightly larger than males (Table 7), and there is some indication that females may have larger discs than males, but sample sizes are insufficient to be certain of this point. Otherwise, mensural variation among the type series is rather slight. Color pattern varies slightly: three juveniles and one adult have a narrow light-tan vertebral line; two adults have more extensive dark-brown mottling dorsally than do the remaining specimens, and they have a dark-brown, backward-pointing triangle between the eyes. The width of the white postocular line varies from half to two-thirds the width of the tympanum. And the rear of the thighs varies from light brown distinctly blotched with dark brown to fairly uniformly dark brown.</p>
            <p>Color in life. From field notes for paratype BPBM 18429 (Fig. 8 B): “Dorsum brown, face and tympanic region black with a white stripe running from snout along canthus and upper eyelid to forearm insertion and down forearm. Chin to chest black, with few white flecks on chest; belly gray with few black and white flecks. Rear of thighs dark brown; tan line above anus. Iris dark brown rimmed with orange around pupil.”</p>
            <p>Call. This species calls primarily from 1–2 h before dark to 1–2 h after dark, with the frequency of calling decreasing noticeably after dark. It may call briefly during daytime, especially following rain.</p>
            <p>The call is a rapid series of 2–23 raspy chirps emitted at a rate of 0.32–0.95 notes/s (mean = 0.71 notes/s for six call series); calls range from 3–25 s in duration (Table 8). Each note is brief, with a mean duration of 0.100 s (range 0.076– 0.113 s). The interval between notes was considerably longer, averaging 1.265 s and ranging from 0.517– 4.702 s. There was little variation among individuals in note duration, but internote duration varied considerably (Table 8). Each note increases sharply to maximum amplitude and decreases at an accelerating rate, creating an approximately semi-lunar amplitude envelope (Figs. 12 A, 13A). The note has a well-developed harmonic structure and is frequency modulated, with a downward slur of approximately 200–300 Hz (Fig. 12 C). The dominant frequency of the calls varied within a very narrow window (Fig. 12 B), averaging 1972 Hz and ranging from 1911–2010 Hz.</p>
            <p>Specimen Call Temperature Number Call Note duration Internote Repetition Dominant</p>
            <p>series (˚C) of notes duration (s) (s) duration (s) rate (notes/s) frequency (kHz)</p>
            <p>BPBM a 22.5 17 18.6 0.094 ± 0.0013 1.043 ± 0.1138 0.92 1.95 ± 0.0027</p>
            <p>18432 (0.084–0.101) (0.525–1.992) (1.93–1.97) b “ 3 9.4 0.083 ± 0.0033 4.446 ± 0.2565 0.32 1.92 ± 0.0052 (0.078–0.089) (4.189–4.702) (1.91–1.93) c “ 2 3.6 0.084 ± 0.0075 3.302 0.55 1.92 ± 0.0005 (0.076–0.091) (1.92)</p>
            <p>BPBM a “ 23 25.1 0.103 ± 0.0008 1.029 ± 0.1821 0.92 1.98 ± 0.0022</p>
            <p>18433 (0.097–0.110) (0.517–3.781) (1.96–2.01) b “ 12 20.0 0.099 ± 0.0012 1.730 ± 0.1498 0.60 1.98 ± 0.0017 (0.090–0.104) (0.916–2.532) (1.97–1.99) c “ 19 20.0 0.106 ± 0.0010 0.998 ± 0.1112 0.95 1.98 ± 0.0023 (0.099–0.113) (0.567–2.476) (1.96–2.00) Etymology. The trivial epithet is a Latin combinatorial adjective from “albus” for “white” and “linea” for “line”. It refers to the two distinctive white lines on the head and extending down the forearm in this species. Range. Known from the northwestern slope of Mt. Shungol, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, and from Oomsis, approximately 18 km to the NE (Fig. 2).</p>
            <p>Ecological notes. This species inhabits leaf litter, from which it begins calling in late afternoon, continuing for the first couple hours of dark. Habitat at the area of collection was medium-crowned lowland hill forest (Paijmans, 1975, 1976) with a canopy ~ 30 m high and emergents to ~ 50 m. Specimens were collected along the narrow (ca. 30–50 m-wide) valley bottom bounded by the Dunch River and adjacent steep hills. This valley bottom appeared to be a perched, rocky floodplain, had a series of tributary streams and braided rivulets crossing the area, and had a rich soil with a moderately dense understory, especially of urticaceous herbs.</p>
            <p>The smallest mature male is 16.0 mm SV; an immature male is 14.0 mm. The smallest mature female is 20.1 mm; one immature female is 14.8 mm.</p>
            <p> Syntopic microhylids include  Albericus exclamitans ,  Austrochaperina parkeri ,  Austrochaperina palmipes ,  Callulops personata ,  Cophixalus cheesmanae ,  Copiula fistulans ,  Hylophorbus sp.,  Mantophryne lateralis , and  Oreophryne geislerorum . </p>
            <p> Remarks. Specimens BPBM 13445–49 were erroneously identified many years ago as  Cophixalus pipilans by R. Zweifel, author of that species; they have been catalogued under that name since that time. Identity between this older sample and the type series of  C. albolineatus led me to apply the name  C. pipilans to this latter sample for several years too. I subsequently used these specimens in diagnosing several new species of  Cophixalus from  C. pipilans (Kraus and Allison, 2009) . Because the original identification was in error, those diagnoses vis-à-vis  C. pipilans were also sometimes incorrect in particulars. The only newly described species in Kraus and Allison (2009) seriously affected by this error was  C. desticans , which is actually more similar to true  C. pipilans (subsequently collected by me and verified against the type series, see Appendix) than first presumed. Based on these specimens of  C. pipilans and recordings I made for four animals,  C. desticans may be correctly diagnosed from  C. pipilans in having a dorsum with many parallel dermal ridges (dorsum smooth in  C. pipilans ), a broad dark lateral band (vs. a narrow lateral stripe or series of dashes in  C. pipilans ), rear of thighs brown (vs. dark orange in  C. pipilans ), and a slower advertisement call (0.4 notes/s in  C. desticans vs. 1.5–2.0 notes/ in  C. pipilans ) with a higher dominant frequency (5900–6400 Hz in  C. desticans vs. 4900–5300 Hz in  C. pipilans ) and a rounded waveform lacking a spike in amplitude (waveform with a sharp amplitude spike in the first 0.01 s of call in  C. pipilans ). None of the other species described by Kraus and Allison (2009) is liable to confusion with  C. pipilans . </p>
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            <p> Cophixalus clapporum ,  sp. nov.</p>
            <p>Fig. 8 C, D, 14</p>
            <p>Holotype. BPBM 37720 (field tag FK 14753), collected by F. Kraus along Upper Muniai Stream, below Bomagai Camp, Woodlark Island, 9.1216° S, 152.7486° E, 67 m, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 12 October 2010.</p>
            <p>Paratypes (n = 31). BPBM 37718–19, 37721–25, PNGNM 24116, same data as holotype; BPBM 37726–29, same data as holotype, except collected 13 October 2010; BPBM 37731–35, 39040, PNGNM 24117–18, Thompson’s Creek, 9.15591° S, 152.7430° E, 104 m, 15 October; PNGNM 24119–20, same data as holotype, except collected 16 October 2010; BPBM 37737–38, same data as holotype, except collected 18 October 2010; BPBM 37736, below Bomagai Camp E, 9.1222° S, 152.7535° E, 38 m, 17 October; BPBM 37739, same data as BPBM 37736, except collected 18 October 2010; BPBM 40005–06, same data as holotype, except collected 11 October 2011; BPBM 40007, same data as holotype, except collected 12 October 2011; BPBM 40008–09, same data as holotype, except collected 16 October 2011.</p>
            <p>Diagnosis. A species characterized by its unique combination of moderate size (male SV = 23.2–27.5 mm, female SV = 26.1–28.3 mm) with finger discs and toe discs of approximately same size (3rdF/4thT = 0.92–1.13); well-developed first finger bearing disc with circum-marginal groove; dorsum with several rows of well-developed warts; top of head lighter than surrounding skin; body with irregular brown markings on a lighter brown, olivebrown, or yellow-brown ground color; and call consisting of a train of fairly slow mechanical-sounding beeps.</p>
            <p> Comparisons with other species. The combination of larger size (SV&gt; 22 mm), finger discs subequal to or smaller than toe discs (3rdF/4thT &lt;1.14), and first finger of normal size and bearing a disc with a circum-marginal groove distinguishes this species from all congeners except  C. cupricarenus Kraus and Allison, 2009 , endemic to nearby Rossel Island.  Cophixalus clapporum differs from that species in particulars of color pattern and call:  C. cupricarenus invariably has a copper-colored or russet triangle on the top of the head, whereas  C. clapporum may have that color as a head triangle but usually the top of the head is tan or light brown;  C. cupricarenus has black paravertebral, dorsolateral, and lateral stripes or series of dashes, whereas  C. clapporum has brown blotches or other irregular markings but lacks stripes other than a short postocular dash that extends no further posteriorly than the tympanum;  C. cupricarenus has a black canthal stripe that extends from the eye to the tip of the snout, whereas  C. clapporum has no more than a brown canthal blotch that does not extend anterior to the naris;  C. cupricarenus often has a white vertebral line, whereas  C. clapporum never shows that pattern element; and  C. cupricarenus has a call with a repetition rate of 5.0–5.2 notes/s and a dominant frequency of 3100–3140 Hz, whereas  C. clapporum has a slower, lower-pitched call with a repetition rate of 1.82–2.15 notes/s and a dominant frequency of 2250–2460 Hz. </p>
            <p>Description of holotype. An adult male with small right-lateral incision. Head moderately wide (HW/SV = 0.38), with steeply oblique, slightly concave loreal region; canthus rostralis inflated, shallowly inflated when viewed from above (Fig. 14 A); nostrils directed laterally, much closer to tip of snout than to eyes; internarial distance larger than distance from naris to eye (EN/IN = 0.85, IN/SV = 0.11, EN/SV = 0.094); snout projecting when viewed from the side (Fig. 14 B), shallowly angulate when viewed from above; eyes moderately large (EY/ SV = 0.13); eyelid approximately 60% width of interorbital distance; tympanum rather indistinct and of moderate size (TY/SV = 0.053), with a slightly raised annulus anteriorly but visible posteriorly only when skin is slightly dried. Skin minutely rugose, with five rows of enlarged pustules dorsally; ventral surfaces smooth. Short supratympanic fold present. Fingers unwebbed, bearing discs with terminal grooves; relative lengths 3&gt;4&gt;2&gt;1; first finger and disc well-developed (Fig. 14 C). Finger discs approximately 2.5 times widths of penultimate phalanges (3rdF/SV = 0.056), except for the first finger disc, which is approximately 1.5 times width of penultimate phalanx. Subarticular tubercles low but distinct; metacarpal tubercles oval, well-developed, but low. Toes unwebbed, bearing discs with terminal grooves; relative lengths 4&gt;3&gt;5&gt;2&gt;1 (Fig. 14 D). Toe discs approximately same size as those of fingers (3rdF/4thT = 0.95); disc of fourth toe approximately twice width of penultimate phalanx (4thT/SV = 0.058); disc of first toe approximately 1.5 times width of penultimate phalanx. Subarticular tubercles well-developed; inner metatarsal tubercle narrow and elongate, outer lacking. Hind legs moderately long (TL/SV = 0.51).</p>
            <p>In preservative, dorsum medium brown, heavily and vaguely marked with dark brown, including a vaguely defined suprascapular X; top of head somewhat lighter, followed posteriorly by dark backward-pointing triangle. Sides with greater extent of light ground and many dark-brown flecks and stipples. Tympanum light tan with small brown flecks; supratympanic fold and angle of jaw dark brown; face dark brown with few lighter-brown spots on upper jaw. Rear of thighs tan with large dark-brown blotches. Venter pale straw heavily flecked with brown, sparser on abdomen than on chin, throat, and under legs. Palmar and plantar surfaces dark brown. Iris black stippled with brass.</p>
            <p>Measurements (in mm). —SV = 24.5, TL = 12.6, HW = 9.2, HL = 8.0, IN = 2.7, EN = 2.3, SN = 3.6, EY = 3.1, TY = 1.3, 3rdF = 1.36, 4thT = 1.43.</p>
            <p>Variation. Mensural variation for the species is not large, and there are no obvious differences between the sexes except that females appear to average slightly larger than males (Table 9). There is, however, some indication that juveniles have relatively longer snouts and heads, wider tympana and heads, and larger eyes than do adults (Table 9).</p>
            <p>In preserative, dorsa vary from light gray-brown to very dark brown; dark markings are typically small spots or irregular marks, but the contrast with the ground color varies from very little to moderate. The darker specimens are similar to the holotype in having very obscure markings; the lightest specimens appear as light-brown frogs with distinct, scattered brown spots. Ventral patterning varies from dispersed punctations to heavily flecked with brown, such that overall appearance varies from pale straw to dark brown, with most specimens having the overall appearance of venters heavily flecked with brown. Most specimens have the rear of the thighs with a highly contrasting pattern of dark-brown blotches on a pale-straw ground, but three are generally suffused with dark brown instead. The tympanum is always lighter than the surrounding ground color, the iris always black with brass or silver punctations.</p>
            <p>Color in life. In life, BPBM 37718 was noted to be “Olive green and brown above, top of head russet brown, black behind eye but tympanum tan. Rear of thighs black with olive-green blotches. Venter charcoal gray with light-gray flecks on posterior belly and smaller gray-white punctations throughout. Iris olive brown with a narrow orange rim around the pupil. Bottoms of hands and feet black.” BPBM 37726 was noted to be: “Yellow brown above with darker brown markings, top of snout tan. Rear of thighs dark brown flecked with yellow brown. Venter light gray with dark-gray flecks on throat and silver-white punctations/flecks on abdomen. Iris black reticulated or spotted with gold.” BPBM 37719 was tan and dark brown above, with black and tan on rear of thighs, and abdomen pale-gray heavily flecked with charcoal gray; BPBM 37721 was olive and orange brown dorsally, with darker orange brown on top of head; BPBM 37722 was olive and yellow brown dorsally and tan on top of head. All animals had distinct rows of large tubercles in life (Fig. 8 C, D).</p>
            <p>Call. Animals called at night from the forest floor or perched on leaf litter, following either wet or dry days. To the human ear, the call sounds similar to a mechanical beep; when two frogs alternate calling and each calls at a different frequency, the combined effect is similar to the sound of a European police siren.</p>
            <p>The call is a series of well-tuned beeps or honks, with a series of six or seven harmonics (Fig. 15 C). Seven calls recorded by me include from 10–33 notes and range in length from 5.1– 16.1 s, with notes emitted at a rate of 1.82–2.15/s (Table 10). Each note is relatively brief (Fig. 15 A, C), with a mean duration of 0.220 s (range 0.195– 0.343 s) among the seven calls. The first note of each call is approximately 30–50% longer than subsequent notes. The interval between notes is only slightly longer, averaging 0.292 s among the seven calls and ranging from 0.211– 0.811 s (Table 10). Each note begins abruptly and declines smoothly during its last 200 ms or so, producing an amplitude envelope sharply truncated on the left and rounded on the right (Figs. 13 B, 15A). The dominant frequency of the calls varied within a very narrow window (Fig. 15 B), averaging 2330 Hz and ranging from 2250–2460 Hz (Table 10). Below the dominant frequency is another peak with almost as much energy (Fig. 15 C), which averages 1770 Hz and ranges from 1660–1937 Hz.</p>
            <p>Specimen Call Temperature Number Call Note duration (s) Internote duration Repetition Dominant</p>
            <p>series (˚C) of notes duration (s) (s) rate (notes/s) frequency (kHz) BPBM a 26.5 21 11.0 0.227 ± 0.0050 0.304 ± 0.0079 1.91 2.42 ± 0.0050 40005 (0.214–0.324) (0.271–0.412) (2.39–2.46) b “ 26 14.3 0.225 ± 0.0037 0.332 ± 0.0234 1.82 2.41 ± 0.0056 (0.210–0.309) (0.246–0.811) (2.39–2.46) BPBM a 25.2 27 13.4 0.216 ± 0.0039 0.289 ± 0.0104 2.01 2.27 ± 0.0043 40006 (0.200–0.311) (0.242–0.490) (2.25–2.32) b “ 25 12.7 0.218 ± 0.0044 0.297 ± 0.0067 1.97 2.29 ± 0.0034 (0.204–0.319) (0.259–0.377) (2.25–2.32) BPBM a 27.0 31 14.4 0.213 ± 0.0048 0.256 ± 0.0069 2.15 2.30 ± 0.0038 40007 (0.195–0.343) (0.211–0.363) (2.25–2.32) b “ 33 16.1 0.212 ± 0.0038 0.277 ± 0.0109 2.05 2.31 ± 0.0033 (0.195–0.316) (0.225–0.547) (2.25–2.35) c “ 10 5.1 0.231 ± 0.0110 0.292 ± 0.0312 1.96 2.32 ± 0.0035 (0.205–0.308) (0.223–0.534) (2.32–2.35) Etymology. The name is a genitive honorific for Eleanor Clapp, who first brought my attention to this frog, and George Clapp, who graciously hosted my visits to Woodlark Island.</p>
            <p>Range. Known only from Woodlark Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (Fig. 2), where it is likely endemic, although it may occupy some of the adjacent islets. Animals were heard calling at several sites around the center of the island, and the species undoubtedly occurs throughout Woodlark.</p>
            <p>Ecological notes. This species inhabits mature lowland rainforest, with canopy heights at approximately 25– 35 m. Animals were always found on or near the ground in lowland primary rainforest, most in a gully adjacent to a small, slow-moving stream. Several frogs were found sheltering during daytime under rocks immediately adjacent to a slow-moving lowland stream.</p>
            <p>The smallest mature male is 23.2 mm SV; two immature males are 16.4 and 17.6 mm. The smallest mature female is 26.1 mm; four immature females range from 16.9–23.9 mm.</p>
            <p> Syntopic microhylids include  Barygenys sp. nov. , the following species of  Cophixalus ,  Copiula sp. nov. ,  Genyophryne thomsoni ,  Hylophorbus myopicus ,  Mantophryne sp. nov. , and  Oreophryne sp. nov.</p>
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            <p> Cophixalus amabilis ,  sp. nov.</p>
            <p>Fig. 8 E, F, 16</p>
            <p>Holotype. BPBM 37730 (field tag FK 14787), collected by F. Kraus along Upper Muniai Stream, below Bomagai Camp, Woodlark Island, 9.1216° S, 152.7486° E, 67 m, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, 13 October 2010.</p>
            <p>Paratype (n = 8). BPBM 37740, same data as holotype, except collected 19 October 2010; BPBM 40010–13, same data as holotype, except collected 13 October 2011; BPBM 40014–15, PNGNM 24142, same data as holotype, except collected 17 October 2011.</p>
            <p>Diagnosis. A species characterized by its unique combination of small size (male SV = 13.6–14.3 mm, female SV = 14.8–16.1 mm); tympanum hidden; finger discs smaller than toe discs (3rdF/4thT = 0.65–0.77); first finger of reduced size, but still elongate and functional, lacking a flattened disc and terminal groove; leg short (TL/SV = 0.42–0.48); snout short and broad (EN/IN = 0.79–0.87), shorter than or equal to eye diameter (SN/EY = 0.86–1.00); skin smooth; face and side black with pale blue flecks and spots; and forearms typically orange.</p>
            <p> Comparisons with other species.  Cophixalus amabilis differs from all other Papuan members of the genus except  C. daymani ,  C. pictus sp. nov. , and some  C. kethuk in having the snout shorter than the eye, and it differs from all Papuan  Cophixalus except  C. cryptotympanum and  C. pictus in having the tympanum hidden. It differs from each of these species except  C. kethuk in having the finger discs smaller than the toe discs (3rdF/4thT = 1.2–1.4 in  C. cryptotympanum , 1.3–2.0 in  C. daymani , 1.3 in  C. pictus ).  Cophixalus kethuk differs in having basal webbing between the toes, which is lacking in  C. amabilis . The color pattern of  C. amabilis —in particular its black face and sides spotted with pale blue and its frequently orange forearms—is unique within the genus. </p>
            <p>Description of holotype. An adult female with right-lateral incision. Head of modest width (HW/SV = 0.36), with steeply oblique, slightly swollen loreal region; canthus rounded, slightly convex when viewed from above (Fig. 16 A); nostrils directed laterally, closer to tip of snout than to eyes; internarial distance larger than distance from naris to eye (EN/IN = 0.86, IN/SV = 0.095, EN/SV = 0.081); snout rounded when viewed from the side or from above (Fig. 16 A, C), smaller than eye (SN/EY =0.95); eyes of moderate size (EY/SV = 0.13); eyelid approximately two-thirds width of interorbital distance; tympanum hidden (Fig. 16 C). Dorsal, lateral, and ventral surfaces smooth; supratympanic fold absent. Fingers without webbing; relative lengths 3&gt;4&gt;2&gt;1 (Fig. 16 D). First finger small, with rounded tip but no expanded disc or circum-marginal groove; small expanded discs on remaining fingers but only F3 and F4 with circum-marginal grooves; third finger disc barely wider than penultimate phalanx (3rdF/SV = 0.028). Subarticular and metacarpal tubercles low and very poorly developed. Toes without webbing or fringes, bearing discs with terminal grooves; relative lengths 4&gt;3&gt;5&gt;2&gt;1 (Fig. 16 E). Toe discs larger than those of fingers (3rdF/4thT = 0.65); disc of fourth toe approximately 1.5 times width of penultimate phalanx (4thT/SV = 0.043); disc of first toe same width as penultimate phalanx. Subarticular tubercles poorly developed; inner metatarsal tubercle low and circular, outer lacking. Hind legs short (TL/SV = 0.44).</p>
            <p>In preservative, dorsum brown irregularly marked with dark brown (Fig. 16 A); rear of thighs same. Sides and face dark brown flecked with pale gray; forearms pale straw yellow. Ventral surfaces brown spotted with pale gray (Fig. 16 B). Iris black.</p>
            <p>Measurements (in mm). —SV = 14.8, TL = 6.5, HW = 5.4, IN = 1.4, EN = 1.2, SN = 1.8, EY = 1.9, 3rdF = 0.41, 4thT = 0.63.</p>
            <p>Variation. As for many frogs, females attain a larger size than males (Table 11). Sample sizes are small, but, based on minimal overlap of mensural ranges between the sexes, there are tentative suggestions that males may have larger internarial distances, tympana, and finger discs than do females (Table 11). In life, one paratype (BPBM 37740) is quite different to the holotype in dorsal pattern (compare Fig. 8 E vs. 8F), with the dark dorsal markings considerably more dissected and dispersed. The remainder of the paratypes are more like the holotype in generally having larger brown markings dorsally, although they always have a vague X-shaped blotch mid-dorsally in the scapular region. The orange forearms seen in the holotype (Fig. 8 E) were less distinct in BPBM 37740 (Fig. 8 E) and in a few of the other paratypes; in two specimens there is no pale area whatsoever on the upper arms, and these were also less distinct in life than those of the holotype. Pale lateral flecking on the body and face is evident in all specimens, and ventrally all paratypes are similar to the holotype.</p>
            <p>Color in life. From field notes for holotype BPBM 37730 (Fig. 8 E): “Dorsum brown with central orange diamond margined with black, forming a large X on the two posterior margins and a chevron on the anterior two. Dorsum with scattered blue-white punctations. Face and sides of body black with scattered blue-white flecks. Rear of thighs brown and dark brown with scattered blue-white flecks. Dark-brown chevron between eyes. Upper arms orange, lower arms brown and black. Iris metallic orange. All ventral surfaces charcoal gray densely flecked with blue white.” Field notes for paratype BPBM 37740 (Fig. 8 F) state: “Dorsum metallic orange tan heavily maculated with dark brown, sides black flecked with blue white. Rear of thighs as dorsum, forearms copper orange. Venter dark gray flecked throughout with light blue gray. Iris dark brown with red rim around pupil.”</p>
            <p>Call. This species calls at night from among leaf litter in lowland rainforest; the call sounds like a drawn-out, raspy snore. This description is based on 37 calls from a single frog.</p>
            <p>The call is a single, highly pulsed note lacking harmonic structure and frequency modulation (Fig. 17 A, C), averaging 1.12 ± 0.0131 s in length, and ranging from 0.97– 1.31 s in length. Calls were delivered at intervals averaging 10.5 ± 2.4733 s apart, and ranging from 1.8– 57.0 s apart. The number of pulses/call averaged 57.1 ± 0.6666 and varied from 50–66, and pulse rate average 50.9 ± 0.4259/s and varied from 43.5–54.9/s. Each note increases and decreases relatively evenly, giving the waveform a smoothly rounded, bilaterally symmetrical shape (Figs. 10 C, 17A). Dominant frequency varied from 4460–5220 Hz and averaged 5080 ± 0.0219 Hz (Fig. 17 B).</p>
            <p>Etymology. The trivial epithet is a masculine Latin adjective meaning “lovely”.</p>
            <p>Range. Known only from the type locality on Woodlark Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (Fig. 2). Almost certainly endemic but widespread across Woodlark Island.</p>
            <p>Ecological notes. This species inhabits mature lowland rainforest, with canopy heights at approximately 25– 35 m. All specimens were collected in a gully adjacent to a small, slow-moving stream in lowland primary rainforest or on its bounding ridgeline, usually in microhabitats of steep aspect. Animals were found nocturnally active on the forest floor and were moderately common but difficult to locate because they would typically terminate calling well before they could be closely approached.</p>
            <p> Syntopic microhylids include  Barygenys sp. nov. ,  Cophixalus clapporum sp. nov. ,  Copiula sp. nov. ,  Genyophryne thomsoni ,  Hylophorbus myopicus ,  Mantophryne sp. nov. , and  Oreophryne sp. nov.</p>
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