Cornufer boulengeri

Cornufer boulengeri, commonly known as Boulenger's wrinkled ground frog or Boulenger's platymantis, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.[2] The adults live on the forest floor of lowland and foothill rain forests, whereas juveniles occur low on the vegetation. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss caused by logging.[1]

Cornufer boulengeri

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. boulengeri
Binomial name
Cornufer boulengeri
(Boettger, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Platymantis rhipiphalcus Brown and Tyler, 1968
  • Platymantis boulengeri (Boettger, 1892)

References

  1. Stephen Richards; Fred Parker (2004). "Cornufer boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58452A11782881. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58452A11782881.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Platymantis boulengeri (Boettger, 1892)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 November 2013.


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