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Cornufer paepkei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ceratobatrachidae
Genus:	Cornufer
Species:	C. paepkei
Binomial name
Cornufer paepkei (Günther, 2015)
Synonyms
Platymantis paepkei Günther, 2015 Cornufer paepkei Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

Cornufer paepkei is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae, endemic to rainforest habitat. Scientists know it exclusively from the type locality: the Fakfak Mountains in Indonesia, at between 400 and 860 meters above sea level.

The adult frog measures 21.6 to 31.4 mm in snout-urostyle length. Its voice sounds like a "low, short creak." There a small amount of webbed skin on its feet. The frog is yellow-brown in color with dark brown or black patterning. There are two yellow-white lines from its nose to its hind legs. The backs of the legs are red-brown in color. Other parts of the legs are almost purple. The ventrum is off-white.

References

1. ^ Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufer paepkei (Günther, 2015)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
2. "Cornufer paepkei (Günther, 2015)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
3. Günther, Rainer (May 4, 2015). "Description of two new taxa of the ceratobatrachid genus Platymantis from western New Guinea (Amphibia, Anura)". Vertebrate Zoology (full text). 65 (1): 101–116. doi:10.3897/vz.65.e31509. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

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