Choerophryne rostellifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Asterophryinae
Genus: Choerophryne
Species: Choerophryne rostellifer

Name

Choerophryne rostellifer (Wandolleck, 1911)

Type locality: "Torricelligebirge" (= Torricelli Mountains), West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Neotype: BPBM 13816.

Synonyms

• Copiula (?) rostellifer Wandolleck, 1911
• Cophixalus rostellifer — Parker, 1934
• Choerophryne rostellifer — Menzies & Tyler, 1977

References

• Wandolleck, 1911 "1910", Abh. Ber. Zool. Anthropol. Ethnograph. Mus. Dresden, 13: 11.
• Menzies and Tyler, 1977, J. Zool., London, 183: 446.
• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Choerophryne rostellifer . Accessed on 13 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Choerophryne rostellifer  (Least Concern) Downloaded on 13 June 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Torricelli Mountain Frog