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Cornufer custos

Cornufer custos is a frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. Scientists know it exclusively from the type locality: Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.

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Cornufer custos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. custos
Binomial name
Cornufer custos
(Richards, Oliver, and Brown, 2014)
Synonyms2
  • Platymantis custos Richards, Oliver, and Brown, 2014
  • ornufer (Aenigmanura) custos Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

Cornufer custos is a frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. Scientists know it exclusively from the type locality: Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.21

Original description

  • Stephen J. Richards; P.M. Oliver; Rafe M. Brown (2014). D. Telnov (ed.). "A new scansorial species of Platymantis Günther, 1858 (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) from Manus Island, Admiralty Archipelago, Papua New Guinea". Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Entomological Society of Latvia/Pensoft: 123–134.
References

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cornufer custos". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T82498195A152560059. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T82498195A152560059.en. 82498195. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufer custos (Richards, Oliver, and Brown, 2014)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 12, 2023.