Cornufer sulcatus

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Cornufer sulcatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. sulcatus
Binomial name
Cornufer sulcatus
(Kraus and Allison, 2007)
Synonyms [2]
  • Platymantis sulcatus Kraus and Allison, 2007
  • Platymantis sulcatus Frost, 2008
  • Cornufer (Aenigmanura) sulcatus Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

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

Scientists have seen this frog burrowing in the leaf litter. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cornufer sulcatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T135967A152557999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T135967A152557999.en. S2CID   241252238. 135967. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufer sulcatus (Kraus and Allison, 2007)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  3. "Cornufer sulcatus (Brown, Richards, Sukumaran & Foufopoulos, 2006)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  4. Kraus, Fred; Allison, Allen (May 28, 2007). "Two new species of Platymantis (Anura: Ranidae) from New Britain" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1485 (1): 13–32. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1485.1.2.