Cornufer bufonulus

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Cornufer bufonulus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. bufonulus
Binomial name
Cornufer bufonulus
(Kraus and Allison, 2007)
Synonyms [2]
  • Platymantis bufonulus Kraus and Allison, 2007
  • Cornufer bufonulus Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

Cornufer bufonulus is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Nakanai Mountains on New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea. [2] [3] [1]

This frog burrows into the leaf litter. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Platymanis bufonulus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T136183A151006208. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T136183A151006208.en. 136183. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufur bufonulus (Kraus and Allison, 2007)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  3. "Cornufer bufonulus (Brown, Richards, Sukumaran & Foufopoulos, 2006)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  4. Fred Kraus; Allen Allison (May 28, 2007). "Two new species of Platymantis (Anura: Ranidae) from New Britain". Zootaxa (Abstract). 1485: 13–32. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1485.1.2 . Retrieved February 1, 2023.