Cophixalus kethuk

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 kethuk

Name

Cophixalus kethuk Kraus & Allison, 2009: 6.

Holotype: BPBM 20203 (field tag FK 10468), adult ♂, collected by F. Kraus on 15 May 2004.

Type locality: along Rupu River, 11.33537ºS, 154.2247ºE, 280 m, Rossel Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Paratypes: (n = 10) Rossel Island, Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

• • BPBM 20200–01, Damunu, 11.3650362ºS, 154.0013736ºE, 0–40 m, Rossel Island, collected 1 May 2004.
  • BPBM 20202, W slope Mt. Rossel, 11.35435ºS, 154.22315ºE, 640 m, Rossel Island, 9 May 2004.
  • BPBM 20204, between Rupu River and Gobubob, 11.33537ºS, 154.22343ºE, 280 m, Rossel Island, 16 May 2004.
  • BPBM 20205–07, PNGNM 24049–51, same data as BPBM 20204 except collected 17 May 2004.

References

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