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Cornufer sulcatus

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Cornufer sulcatus
DD (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. sulcatus
Binomial name
Cornufer sulcatus
(Kraus and Allison, 2007)
Synonyms[2]
  • Platymantis sulcatus Kraus and Allison, 2007
  • Platymantis sulcatus Frost, 2008
  • Cornufer (Aenigmanura) sulcatus Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

Cornufer sulcatus is a frog. It lives in the Nakanai Mountains on New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea.[2][3][1]

Scientists found this frog in the leaf litter, old dead leaves on the ground. It can dig into the ground.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cornufer sulcatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T135967A152557999. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T135967A152557999.en. 135967. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufur sulcatus (Kraus and Allison, 2007)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  3. "Cornufer sulcatus (Brown, Richards, Sukumaran & Foufopoulos, 2006)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  4. Fred Kraus; Allen Allison (May 28, 2007). "Two new species of Platymantis (Anura: Ranidae) from New Britain". Zootaxa (Abstract). 1485 (1): 13–32. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1485.1.2.