Cornufer desticans

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Cornufer desticans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. desticans
Binomial name
Cornufer desticans
(Brown and Richards, 2008)
Synonyms [2]
  • Platymantis desticans Brown and Richards, 2008
  • Cornufer desticans Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

Cornufer desticans is an arboreal frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. Scientitsts have seen it in two places: Barora Island and Choiseul Island, both in the Solomon Islands. Scientists saw it between 0 and 10 meters above sea level. [2] [3] [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Buka Sticky-toed Frog: Cornufer macrosceles". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T74042893A74043127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T74042893A74043127.en. 74042893. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufur desticans (Brown and Richards, 2008)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  3. "Cornufer desticans (Brown and Richards, 2008)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  4. Rafe M. Brown; Stephen J. Richards (2008). "Two new frogs of the genus Platymantis (Anura:Ceratobatrachidae) from the Isabel Island group, Solomon Islands". Zootaxa (Abstract). 1888 (1): 47–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1888.1.3 . Retrieved February 11, 2023.