Cophixalus

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: Cophixalus
Species (55): C. aenigma – C. aimbensis – C. albolineatus – C. amabilis – C. ateles – C. australis – C. balbus – C. bewaniensis – C. biroi – C. bombiens – C. cateae – C. caverniphilus – C. cheesmanae – C. clapporum – C. concinnus – C. crepitans – C. cryptotympanum – C. cupricarenus – C. daymani – C. desticans – C. exiguus – C. hannahae – C. hinchinbrookensis – C. hosmeri – C. humicola – C. infacetus – C. interruptus – C. iovaorum – C. kaindiensis – C. kethuk – C. kulakula – C. linnaeus – C. mcdonaldi – C. melanops – C. misimae – C. monosyllabus – C. montanus – C. monticola – C. neglectus – C. nexipus – C. nubicola – C. ornatus – C. pakayakulangun – C. parkeri – C. peninsularis – C. petrophilus – C. phaeobalius – C. pictus – C. pipilans – C. pulchellus – C. rajampatensis – C. riparius – C. salawatiensis – C. saxatilis – C. shellyi – C. sisyphus – C. sphagnicola – C. tagulensis – C. tenuidactylus – C. tetzlaffi – C. timidus – C. tomaiodactylus – C. tridactylus – C. variabilis – C. verecundus – C. verrucosus – C. viridis – C. wempi – C. zweifeli

Name

Cophixalus Boettger, 1892

Type species: Sphenophryne verrucosa Boulenger, 1898

Synonyms

Cophixalus Boettger, 1892
Phrynixalus Boettger, 1895

References

Boettger 1892, Kat. Batr. Samml. Mus. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges.: 24.
Günther, R. 2003: First record of the microhylid frog genus Cophixalus from western Papua, Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species (Anura: Microhylidae). Herpetozoa, 16(1-2): 3–21. [not seen]
Günther, R. 2010: Another new Cophixalus species (Amphibia: Anura: Microhylidae) from western New Guinea. Bonn zoological Bulletin, 57(2): 231–240. PDF
Günther, R., Richards, S.J., Tjaturadi, B., Krey, K. 2015. Two new species of the genus Cophixalus from the Raja Ampat Islands west of New Guinea (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(2): 199-213. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.5411 . Reference page.
Hoskin, C.J. 2004: Australian microhylid frogs (Cophixalus and Austrochaperina): phylogeny, taxonomy, calls, distributions and breeding biology. Australian journal of zoology, 52(3): 237–269. DOI: 10.1071/ZO03056 PDF
Hoskin, C.J. 2013: A new frog species (Microhylidae: Cophixalus) from boulder-pile habitat of Cape Melville, north-east Australia. Zootaxa 3722(1): 61–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3722.1.5 Reference page.
Hoskin, C.J.; Aland, K. 2011: Two new frog species (Microhylidae: Cophixalus) from boulder habitats on Cape York Peninsula, north-east Australia. Zootaxa, 3027: 39–51. Preview
Kraus, F. 2012. Papuan frogs of the genus Cophixalus (Anura: Microhylidae): new synonyms, new species, and a dichotomous key. Zootaxa 3559: 1–36. Preview Reference page.
Kraus, F.; Allison, A. 2009: New species of Cophixalus (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 2128: 1–38. Abstract & excerpt
Kraus, F.; Allison, A. 2009: New microhylid frogs from the Muller Range, Papua New Guinea. ZooKeys, 26: 53–76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.26.258

Links

Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. Cophixalus access date 14 July 2015
ION [needs update]
Nomenclator Zoologicus

Vernacular names

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English: Rainforest Frogs