Choerophryne koeypad Hoskin, 2025

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Asterophryinae > Genus: Choerophryne > Species: Choerophryne koeypad

Choerophryne koeypad Hoskin, 2025, Zootaxa, 5693: 512. Holotype: QM J98929, by original designation. Type locality: "Dauan Island (9.4227° S, 142.5301° E)", Queensland, Australia. 

Common Names

Koeypad Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Lower and mid-elevation slopes of Mt Cornwallais (Simakal Pad), 40 to 150 m elevation, Dauan Island, Queensland, Australia (near Papua New Guinea coast). 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Australia

Endemic: Australia

Comment

Adult morphology, advertisement call, natural history, and genetic markers detailed in the original publication. 

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