Cophixalus desticans

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: Cophixalus desticans

Name

Cophixalus desticans Kraus & Allison, 2009: 11.

Holotype: BPBM 16436 (field tag FK 6754), adult ♂, collected by F. Kraus on 1 October, 2002.

Type locality: Saidowai, 9.9580166°S, 150.9505333°E, 5 m, Normanby Island, d’Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Paratypes: (n = 37) Normanby Island, d’Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, and Owen Stanley Range, Central Province, Papua New Guinea.

• • BPBM 15703, PNGNM 24057, Duabo, Pini Range, 10.4184333ºS, 150.3068333ºE, 300 m, Milne Bay Province, 1 May 2002.
  • BPBM 15704–05, PNGNM 24058–59, same data as BPBM 15703 except collected 2 May 2002; BPBM 15706, S slope Mt. Pekopekowana, 10.2805555ºS, 150.1686111ºE, 590 m, Owen Stanley Mts., Milne Bay Province, 6 May 2002.
  • BPBM 15708, S slope Mt. Pekopekowana, 10.2806306ºS, 150.1721461ºE, 430 m, Owen Stanley Mts., Milne Bay Province, 17 May 2002.
  • BPBM 16434–35, S end Sewa Bay, 10.0559166ºS, 150.9767123ºE, 100 m, Normanby Island, d’Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, 28 September 2002.
  • BPBM 24060–61, S end Sewa Bay, 10.0516304ºS, 150.9716895ºE, 50–65 m, Normanby Island, d’Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, 28 September 2002.
  • BPBM 17437, Duabo, Pini Range, 10.4179833ºS, 150.3046ºE, 220 m, Milne Bay Province, 5 October 2002.
  • BPBM 20235, SE slope Mt. Pekopekowana, 10.2850666ºS, 150.1821666ºE, 330 m, Owen Stanley Mts., Milne Bay Province, 24 May 2004.
  • BPBM 20236–43, SE of Sewa Bay, 10.0407608ºS, 150.9771689ºE, 80 m, Normanby Island, d’Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, 26 May 2004.
  • BPBM 20244–54, PNGNM 24062–65, near Sibonai, S end Sewa Bay, 10.0326086ºS, 150.9753424ºE, 40–80 m, Normanby Island, d’Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, 27 May 2004.

References

• Kraus, F. & A. Allison. 2009: New species of Cophixalus (Anura: Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 2128: 1–38. Abstract