[ The specific name sanguinopictus, from Latin for sanguis ("blood") and pictus ("painted") refers to the distinctive red blotching and punctations characteristic for this species.[2]]Description
Adult males measure {{convert|23|-|27|mm|abbr=on}} and females {{convert|28|-|33|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The snout bluntly is rounded. The eyes are moderately large. The tympanum is small. The fingers and toes are unwebbed but have terminal discs. The dorsum is pale blue or green and heavily covered with dark brown blotches and flecks and minute brick red punctations. The venter is paler bluish green and has bright brick red or orange-red blotches. Some specimens may have more yellow-orange tinge in the ground color.[2]
Habitat and conservation
Its natural habitat is primary lower montane forest where it prefers forest clearings and forest and river edges. The altitudinal range is {{convert|1400|–|1540|m|abbr=on}} above sea level. Males call at night, perched on leaves and stems some 1–3 m above the ground.[1][2]
There are no known threats to this species.[1] It was abundant at the type locality but appears patchily distributed.[1][2]
{{Location map | Papua New Guinea
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| caption = Choerophryne sanguinopicta is only known from Mt. Simpson in the Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea.
| alt = Mt. Simpson in the Papua New Guinea
| lat_deg = -10.02
| lon_deg = 149.59
}}References
1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite journal | author = Allison, A. | title = Choerophryne sanguinopicta | journal = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume= 2006 | page = e.T61844A12566658 | year = 2006 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61844A12566658.en }}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite journal | last1 = Kraus | first1 = F. | last2 = Allison | first2 = A. | doi = 10.1353/psc.2005.0008 | title = A colorful new species of Albericus (Anura: Microhylidae) from southeastern Papua New Guinea | journal = Pacific Science | volume = 59 | pages = 43–53 | year = 2005 | pmid = | pmc = }}