Cophixalus

Cophixalus (rainforest frogs or nursery frogs) is a genus of microhylid frogs. These are arboreal species with expanded toe-pads, endemic to Moluccan Islands, New Guinea and northeastern Queensland, Australia.

Cophixalus
Cophixalus ornatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Subfamily: Asterophryinae
Genus: Cophixalus
Boettger, 1892
Species

See table.[1]

Species

As of December 2019, Amphibian Species of the World assigns 67 species to the genus Cophixalus.[1]

The source column gives direct links to the sources used:

EX - Extinct, EW - Extinct in the Wild
CR - Critically Endangered, EN - Endangered, VU - Vulnerable
NT - Near Threatened, LC - Least Concern
DD - Data Deficient, NE - Not Evaluated
Binomial name and authorityCommon nameGeographic rangeCSSource
Cophixalus aenigma Hoskin, 2004Thornton rainforest frognorth-eastern QueenslandVUASW IUCN
Cophixalus albolineatus Kraus, 2012Mount Shungol, New GuineaASW
Cophixalus amabilis Kraus, 2012Woodlark Island (PNG)ASW
Cophixalus ateles (Boulenger, 1898)Papua rainforest frogMount Obree (New Guinea, PNG); possibly widespread in south-eastern Papua New GuineaDDASW IUCN
Cophixalus australis Hoskin, 2012[2]southern ornate nursery-frognorth-east QueenslandASW
Cophixalus balbus Günther, 2003Yapen rainforest frogYapen Island (Indonesia)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus bewaniensis Kraus & Allison, 2000Menawa rainforest frogBewani Mountains (New Guinea, PNG)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus biroi (Méhely, 1901)Sattelberg rainforest frognorthern New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)LCASW IUCN
Cophixalus bombiens Zweifel, 1985buzzing rainforest frognorth-eastern QueenslandNTASW IUCN
Cophixalus cateae Richards and Günther, 2019Agogo Range in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New GuineaASW
Cophixalus caverniphilus Kraus and Allison, 2009Muller Range (New Guinea, PNG)ASW
Cophixalus cheesmanae Parker, 1934Kokoda rainforest frogeastern Papua New GuineaLCASW IUCN
Cophixalus clapporum Kraus, 2012Woodlark Island (PNG)ASW
Cophixalus concinnus Tyler, 1979rattling rainforest frognorth-eastern Queensland (Australia)CRASW IUCN
Cophixalus crepitans Zweifel, 1985rusty rainforest frogeastern Cape York Peninsula (Queensland, Australia)NTASW IUCN
Cophixalus cryptotympanum Zweifel, 1956Zweifel's rainforest frogMount Dayman (New Guinea, PNG)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus cupricarenus Kraus and Allison, 2009Rossel Island (PNG)ASW
Cophixalus daymani Zweifel, 1956Dayman rainforest frogMount Dayman (PNG)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus desticans Kraus and Allison, 2009south-easternmost tip of New Guinea, Normanby Island (PNG)ASW
Cophixalus exiguus Zweifel & Parker, 1969Cooktown rainforest frognorth-eastern Queensland (Australia)NTASW IUCN
Cophixalus hannahae Richards and Günther, 2019central cordillera of Papau New GuineaASW
Cophixalus hinchinbrookensis Hoskin, 2012[2]Hinchinbrook Island nursery-frogHinchinbrook Island (Queensland, Australia)ASW
Cophixalus hosmeri Zweifel, 1985clicking rainforest frognorthern Queensland (Australia)LCASW IUCN
Cophixalus humicola Günther, 2006Waira rainforest frogYapen Island, northern New Guinea (Indonesia)LCASW IUCN
Cophixalus infacetus Zweifel, 1985chocolate rainforest frognorth-eastern Queensland (Australia)LCASW IUCN
Cophixalus interruptus Kraus and Allison, 2009Morobe Province (New Guinea, PNG)ASW
Cophixalus iovaorum Kraus and Allison, 2009Mount Obree (New Guinea, PNG)ASW
Cophixalus kaindiensis Zweifel, 1979Kaindi rainforest frogMount Kaindi and Mount Missim (New Guinea, PNG)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus kethuk Kraus and Allison, 2009Rossel Island (PNG)ASW
Cophixalus kulakula Hoskin and Aland, 2011north-eastern Queensland (Australia)ASW
Cophixalus linnaeus Kraus and Allison, 2009Bowutu Mountains (New Guinea, PNG)ASW
Cophixalus mcdonaldi Zweifel, 1985Mcdonald's rainforest frognorth-eastern Queensland (Australia)ENASW IUCN
Cophixalus melanops Kraus and Allison, 2009Tagula Island (PNG)ASW
Cophixalus misimae Richards & Oliver, 2007Misima rainforest frogMisima Island (PNG)CRASW IUCN
Cophixalus monosyllabus Günther, 2010southern Fakfak Mountains (New Guinea, Indonesia)ASW
Cophixalus montanus (Boettger, 1895)mountain rainforest frogHalmahera Island (Indonesia)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus monticola Richards, Dennis, Trenerry, & Werren, 1994carbine rainforest frognorthern Queensland (Australia)ENASW IUCN
Cophixalus neglectus Zweifel, 1962brown rainforest frognorthern Queensland (Australia)ENASW IUCN
Cophixalus nexipus Kraus, 2012Mount Obree (New Guinea, PNG)ASW
Cophixalus nubicola Zweifel, 1962Michael rainforest frogMount Michael (New Guinea, PNG)VUASW IUCN
Cophixalus ornatus (Fry, 1912)ornate rainforest frogmid-eastern Queensland, Hinchinbrook (Australia)LCASW IUCN
Cophixalus pakayakulangun Hoskin and Aland, 2011north-eastern Queensland (Australia)ASW
Cophixalus parkeri Loveridge, 1948Parker's rainforest frogcentral mountainous region of Papua New GuineaLCASW IUCN
Cophixalus peninsularis Zweifel, 1985peninsula rainforest frognorthern Queensland (Australia)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus petrophilus Hoskin, 2013blotched boulder-frog [3]
Cophixalus phaeobalius Kraus and Allison, 2009Bowutu Mountains (New Guinea, PNG)ASW
Cophixalus pictus Kraus, 2012West Papua Province (New Guinea, Indonesia)ASW
Cophixalus pipilans Zweifel, 1980Sempi rainforest frogfrom Lae to the Adelbert Mountains (New Guinea, PNG)LCASW IUCN
Cophixalus pulchellus Kraus & Allison, 2000pretty rainforest frogMount Hunstein (New Guinea, PNG)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus rajampatensis Günther, Richards, Tjaturadi, and Krey, 2015Raja Ampat Island group off of western New Guinea (Indonesia)ASW
Cophixalus riparius Zweifel, 1962Wilhelm rainforest frogcentral mountain ranges of Papua Guinea (PNG)LCASW IUCN
Cophixalus salawatiensis Günther, Richards, Tjaturadi, and Krey, 2015Raja Ampat Island group off of western New Guinea (Indonesia)ASW
Cophixalus saxatilis Zweifel & Parker, 1977Black Mountain rainforest frognorthern Queensland (Australia)VUASW IUCN
Cophixalus shellyi Zweifel, 1956Shelly's rainforest frogcentral mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea, Adelbert Mountains, Huon PeninsulaLCASW IUCN
Cophixalus sphagnicola Zweifel & Allison, 1982Morobe rainforest frogMount Amungwiwa, Mount Kaini, and Mount Missim (New Guinea, PNG)LCASW IUCN
Cophixalus tagulensis Zweifel, 1963Tagula rainforest frogTagula Island (PNG)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus tenuidactylus Günther and Richards, 2012Kaijende Highlands (New Guinea, PNG)ASW
Cophixalus tetzlaffi Günther, 2003Bomberai rainforest frogBomberai Peninsula (New Guinea, Indonesia)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus timidus Kraus & Allison, 2006Simpson rainforest frogMount Simpson (New Guinea, PNG)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus tomaiodactylus Kraus and Allison, 2009Bowutu Mountains (New Guinea, PNG)ASW
Cophixalus tridactylus Günther, 2006Wondiwoi rainforest frogWondiwoi Mountains (New Guinea, Indonesia)DDASW IUCN
Cophixalus variabilis Kraus & Allison, 2006Pekopekowana rainforest frogsouth-eastern Papua New GuineaLCASW IUCN
Cophixalus verecundus Zweifel & Parker, 1989Myola rainforest frogMount Bellamy (New Guinea, PNG); presumably more widely distributedDDASW IUCN
Cophixalus verrucosus (Boulenger, 1898)Moroke rainforest frogsouthern and eastern Papua New GuineaLCASW IUCN
Cophixalus viridis Günther, Richards, and Dahl, 2014Green rainforest frogMuller Range, Western Province, Papua New GuineaASW
Cophixalus wempi Richards and Oliver, 2010Southern Highlands Province (New Guinea, PNG)ASW
Cophixalus zweifeli Davies & McDonald, 1998Cape Melville rainforest frognorthern Queensland (Australia)DDASW IUCN

References

  1. Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (10 December 2019). Cophixalus. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: November 17, 2013).
  2. Hoskin, Conrad J. (2012). "Two new frog species (Microhylidae: Cophixalus) from the Australian Wet Tropics region, & redescription of Cophixalus ornatus" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3271: 1–16.
  3. Conrad J. Hoskin (2013). "A new frog species (Microhylidae: Cophixalus) from boulder-pile habitat of Cape Melville, north-east Australia" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa. 3722 (1): 61–72. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3722.1.5.
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