Striped possum – Dactylopsila trivirgata J. E. Gray, 1858 (Subspecies: Dactylopsila trivirgata melampus) – of Central Province / Papua New Guinea – around 700m ASL. Dactylopsila trivirgata, commonly known as the Striped Possum, is an arboreal marsupial of the family…
Fringed tree frog, Spicicalyx eucnemis (Lönnberg, 1900) with Myiasis of central Province / Papua New Guinea around 850m ASL. Spicicalyx eucnemis (Lönnberg, 1900), commonly known as the Fringed Tree Frog or Growling Tree Frog, is an arboreal frog of the…
Brown-headed paradise kingfisher – Tanysiptera danae Sharpe, 1880 – of Central Province / Papua new guinea 800m ASL. The Brown-headed Paradise-Kingfisher or Russet Paradise-Kingfisher, is a monotypic species of kingfisher in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to southeastern Papua…
Smooth-scaled death adder, Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1878 – of central Province / Papua New Guinea – around 800m ASL Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1877, commonly known as the Smooth-scaled or New Guinea Death Adder, is a stout, terrestrial and highly venomous…
Coppery ringtail possum – Pseudochirops cupreus (Thomas, 1897) – of Enga Province / Papua New Guinea – around 2800m ASL. Pseudochirops cupreus (Thomas, 1897), the Coppery Ring-tailed Possum, is a large arboreal marsupial of the family Pseudocheiridae, endemic to the…
Efogi tree frog, Exochohyla prora (Menzies, 1969) of central Province / Papua New Guinea around 850m ASL. Exochohyla prora (Menzies, 1969), formerly classified as Hyla prora and later as Litoria prora, is a medium-sized arboreal tree frog of the family…
Gymnopholus mammifer Gressitt, 1966 of Western Highlands / Papua New Guinea – around 2500m ASL. Gymnopholus mammifer is a flightless true weevil described by J. L. Gressitt in 1966 and reliably recorded from Mount Shungol near Lae, Papua New Guinea,…
Male of Balanophora papuana Schltr. a parasitic flowering plant of the Balanophoraceae family – of Western Highlands / Papua New Guiniea – around 2500m ASL. Balanophora papuana is a dioecious, achlorophyllous perennial root holoparasite in the family Balanophoraceae. Most of the plant…
King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise – Pteridophora alberti Meyer, 1894 of Enga Province / Papua new guinea 2600m ASL. The King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise (Pteridophora alberti) is the only species in its genus and is endemic to the montane forests of New Guinea, occurring in…
Mountain cuscus – Phalanger carmelitae Thomas, 1898 – of central Province / Papua New Guinea. The mountain cuscus (Phalanger carmelitae) is an arboreal marsupial native to the montane forests of New Guinea, including Papua New Guinea. It is a nocturnal…