Cophixalus melanops

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 melanops

Name

Cophixalus melanops Kraus & Allison, 2009: 15.

Holotype: BPBM 20198 (field tag FK 9855), adult ♂, collected by F. Kraus on 25 April 2004.

Type locality: W slope Mt. Rio, 11.5081521°S, 153.4308608°E, 720–800 m, Sudest Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Paratypes: (n = 9) Sudest Island, Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

• • BPBM 20192, W slope Mt. Rio, 11.5054347ºS, 153.429945ºE, 630–730 m, Sudest Island, 19 April 2004.
  • BPBM 20193, W slope Mt. Rio, 11.49436ºS, 153.42542ºE, 440 m, Sudest Island, 21 April 2004.
  • BPBM 20194, W slope Mt. Rio, 11.50402ºS, 153.42995ºE, 600 m, Sudest Island, 23 April 2004.
  • BPBM 20195–96, same data as holotype except collected 23 April 2004.
  • BPBM 20197, 20199, PNGNM 24066–67, same data as holotype.

References

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