''Cornufer citrinospilus'' is a species of
frog
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in the family
Ceratobatrachidae
The Ceratobatrachidae are a family of frogs found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, the Philippines, Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands.
Taxonomy
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.
[ It is ]endemic
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to the island of New Britain
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, Papua New Guinea
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, and is only known from the Nakanai Mountains
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of East New Britain Province
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.[ The specific name ''citrinospilus'' is derived from the Greek words ''kitrinos'' (="yellow") and ''pilos'' (="spot" or "stain"), in reference to the distinctive bright yellow flank areolations characteristic of this species.]
Description
Adult males measure in snout–vent length; females are unknown. The overall appearance is slender. The snout is moderate, bluntly round. The tympanum is distinct. The eyes protrude moderately beyond dorsal surface of the head in lateral aspect. The fingers and toes have widely expanded terminal disks but no webbing. Skin of dorsal surfaces is finely granular. The dorsum has dark brick reddish-brown ground coloration with extensive to nearly absent suffusion of light green pigment on upper surfaces of head, trunk and limbs. Juxtaposition with white dermal tubercles on dorsal surfaces gives an overall pale green lichenatious color results. A thin light cream to white vertebral stripe is present. The labial and postrictal region is bright immaculate white to yellow. The flanks and concealed posterior surfaces of the thighs have bold, bright yellow areolations. The ventrum is pale pink, with dark red throat.
Habitat and conservation
The type series
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was collected from a patch of mossy montane forest, surrounded by dense thickets of bamboo, at above sea level
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The ...
. Specimens were calling from elevated perches (leaves of small shrubs) some above the ground.
References
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citrinospilus
Amphibians of Papua New Guinea
Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea
Amphibians described in 2013