Cornufer papuensis

The Papua wrinkled ground frog (Cornufer papuensis) is a frog. It lives in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and islands nearby. People have seen it between 0 and 1200 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

Cornufer papuensis
Platymantis papuensis.JPG
Conservation status
LC (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. papuensis
Binomial name
Cornufer papuensis
(Meyer, 1875)
Synonyms[2]
  • Platymantis corrugata var. papuensis Meyer, 1875
  • Cornufer corrugatus rubristriatus Barbour, 1908
  • Cornufer moszkowskii Vogt, 1912
  • Rana (Platymantis) rugata var. rubristriata Van Kampen, 1923
  • Rana (Platymantis) moszkowskii Van Kampen, 1923
  • Cornufer rugata rubristriatus Barbour and Loveridge, 1929
  • Cornufer papuensis Inger, 1954
  • Cornufer rubristriatus Inger, 1954
  • Cornufer papuensis papuensis — Brown, 1965
  • Platymantis papuensis Zweifel, 1967
  • Platymantis rubristriatus Zweifel, 1967
  • Platymantis papuensis papuensis Menzies, 1982
  • Platymantis papuensis occidentalis Menzies, 1982
  • Cornufer (Potamorana) papuensis Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

The adult male frog can be as big as 46 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog can be 64 mm long. The female frog lays eggs on land. The eggs hatch into young frogs. This frog is never a tadpole.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Papua Wrinkled Ground Frog: Cornufer papuensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T58474A149654112. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58474A149654112.en. S2CID 242639821. 58474. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufur papuensis (Meyer, 1875)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Chih Wang (May 13, 2003). Tate Tunstall (ed.). "Cornufer papuensis". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 24, 2022.