Critically Endangered
Paedophryne kathismaphlox
Paedophryne kathismaphlox
Paedophryne kathismaphlox is a narrow-mouthed frog in the family Microhylidae (order Anura), recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Papua New Guinea.
Appearance
This species has a brown back with irregular black spots. Its belly is black with gray spots.
The male measures 10.1 mm and the females between 10.4 and 10.9 mm.
Range and habitat
Paedophryne kathismaphlox is recorded from Papua New Guinea.
GBIF currently lists 4 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Narrow-mouthed frogs are often sit-and-wait predators of ants and termites. Breeding sites range from foam in a burrow to water held in plants.
Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.
In crisis
Chytrid fungus, collection, and wet-forest loss are the usual pressures on frogs with a high threat category.
Paedophryne kathismaphlox is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the French Wikipedia article on Paedophryne kathismaphlox, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q1939975 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.
