Cornufer sulcatus

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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]

Cornufer sulcatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.