''Cornufer'' is a genus of
frog
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s 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
Ceratobatrachidae was formerly treated as a subfamily ...
. It has been greatly expanded by Brown, et al. (2015) to include most
Australasia
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n frogs 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
Ceratobatrachidae was formerly treated as a subfamily ...
.
Species are found in
Melanesia
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The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, ...
and
Polynesia
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— in
Palau
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,
Fiji,
New Guinea
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, and in the
Admiralty,
Bismarck, and
Solomon Islands
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.
Species
There are currently at least 50 extant species in this genus.
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Cornufer acrochordus''
(Brown, 1965)
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Cornufer aculeodactylus
''Cornufer aculeodactylus'' is a species of frog 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 S ...
''
(Brown, 1952)
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Cornufer adiastolus''
(Brown, Richards, Sukumaran, and Foufopoulos, 2006)
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Cornufer admiraltiensis''
(Richards, Mack & Austin, 2007)
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Cornufer akarithymus''
(Brown & Tyler, 1968)
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Cornufer batantae''
(Zweifel, 1969)
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Cornufer bimaculatus
''Platymantis bimaculatus'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.
It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat dest ...
''
(Günther, 1999)
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Cornufer boulengeri
''Cornufer boulengeri'', commonly known as Boulenger's wrinkled ground frog or Boulenger's platymantis, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago
The Bismarck Archi ...
''
(Boettger, 1892)
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Cornufer browni
''Cornufer browni'' is a species of frog 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 I ...
''
(Allison & Kraus, 2001)
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Cornufer bufoniformis
''Cornufer bufoniformis'', commonly known as the warty webbed frog or Treasury Island webbed frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago where it is widespread, but it is missing ...
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(Boulenger, 1884)
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Cornufer bufonulus''
(Kraus and Allison, 2007)
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Cornufer caesiops''
(Kraus and Allison, 2009)
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Cornufer cheesmanae''
(Parker, 1940)
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Cornufer citrinospilus''
(Brown, Richards, and Broadhead, 2013)
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Cornufer cryptotis
''Cornufer cryptotis'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.
It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.
Ref ...
''
(Günther, 1999)
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Cornufer custos
''Cornufer custos'' is a frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. Scientitsts know it exclusively from the type locality: Manus Island in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), ...
''
(Richards, Oliver, and Brown, 2015)
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Cornufer desticans''
(Brown & Richards, 2008)
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Cornufer elegans
''Cornufer elegans'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.
It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, rural gardens, urban area
An urban area, bui ...
''
(Brown and Parker, 1970)
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Cornufer exedrus''
(Travers, Richards, Broadhead, and Brown, 2018)
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Cornufer gigas
''Cornufer gigas'', commonly known as the Bougainville sticky-toed frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.
It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropi ...
''
(Brown and Parker, 1970)
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Cornufer gilliardi''
(Zweifel, 1960)
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Cornufer guentheri
''Cornufer guentheri'', commonly known as the Solomon Island leaf frog, Solomon Island eyelash frog and Gunther's triangle frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. This frog can be found throughout the Solomon Islands archipela ...
''
(Boulenger, 1884)
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Cornufer guppyi
''Cornufer guppyi'' (common name: Shortland Island webbed frog or giant webbed frog) is a species of frog in the Family (biology), family Ceratobatrachidae. The species is named after British surgeon Henry B. Guppy who collected the holotype fro ...
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(Boulenger, 1884)
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Cornufer hedigeri''
(Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015)
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Cornufer heffernani
''Cornufer heffernani'', sometimes known as the Solomon Island palm frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago where it can be found in at least Buka and Bougainville Islands ...
''
(Kinghorn, 1928)
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Cornufer latro
''Cornufer latro'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae endemic to Papua New Guinea. It has been observed in the Admiralty Archipelago on the Pak, Rambutyo, Manus and Los Negros Islands. Scientists first found it near Tulu Villag ...
''
(Richards, Mack & Austin, 2007)
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Cornufer macrops
''Cornufer macrops'', also known as the Aresi wrinkled ground frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. The specific name ''macrops'' refers to the very large eyes of this species. It is endemic to Bougainville Island, in the ...
''
(Brown, 1965)
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Cornufer macrosceles
''Cornufer macrosceles'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It is only known from the Nakanai Mountains in the central part of the island. Only three specimens ar ...
''
(Zweifel, 1975)
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Cornufer magnus
''Cornufer magnus'' is a species of frog 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 I ...
''
(Brown & Menzies, 1979)
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Cornufer malukuna''
(Brown and Webster, 1969)
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Cornufer mamusiorum
''Cornufer mamusiorum'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is Endemism, endemic to the central Nakanai Mountains in New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The Specific name (zoology), specific name ''mamusiorum'' refers to the Mamus ...
''
(Foufopoulos and Brown, 2004)
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Cornufer manus
''Cornufer manus'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Nakanai Mountains
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''
(Kraus and Allison, 2009)
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Cornufer mediodiscus''
(Brown and Parker, 1970)
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Cornufer mimicus
''Cornufer mimicus'' is a species of frog 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 ...
''
(Brown & Tyler, 1968)
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Cornufer minutus
''Cornufer minutus'' is a species of frog 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 ...
''
(Brown and Parker, 1970)
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Cornufer montanus
''Cornufer montanus'' is a species of frog 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 ...
''
(Brown and Parker, 1970)
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Cornufer myersi
''Cornufer myersi'', commonly known as Myers' wrinkled ground frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae
The Ceratobatrachidae are a family of frogs found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, the Philippines, Palau, Fiji, New Gui ...
''
(Brown, 1949)
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Cornufer nakanaiorum
''Cornufer nakanaiorum'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae endemic to montane rainforests in the Nakanai Mountains on New Britain Island
New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, p ...
''
(Brown, Foufopoulos, and Richards, 2006)
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Cornufer neckeri
''Cornufer neckeri'' is a species of frog 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 ...
''
(Brown & Myers, 1949)
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Cornufer nexipus
''Cornufer nexipus'', commonly known as the Baining wrinkled ground frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.
It is Endemism, endemic to Papua New Guinea.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
R ...
''
(Zweifel, 1975)
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Cornufer opisthodon
''Cornufer opisthodon'', commonly known as Faro webbed frog or Faro Island webbed frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.
It is endemic to the Solomon Islands (archipelago), Solomon Islands archipelago and is known from Bougai ...
''
(Boulenger, 1884)
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Cornufer paepkei
''Cornufer paepkei'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae, endemic to rainforest habitat. Scientitsts know it exclusively from the type locality (biology), type locality: the Fakfak Mountains in Indonesia, between 400 and 860 met ...
''
(Günther, 2015)
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Cornufer papuensis
''Cornufer papuensis'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is found in the northern parts of New Guinea and in many surrounding islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Trobriand Islands ( Papu ...
''
(Meyer, 1875)
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Cornufer parilis
''Cornufer parilis'' is a species of frog 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 I ...
''
(Brown & Richards, 2008)
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Cornufer parkeri
''Cornufer parkeri'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Papua New Guinean part of the Solomon Islands archipelago and is only known from the islands of Bougainville and Buka. The specific name ''parker ...
''
(Brown, 1965)
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Cornufer pelewensis''
(Peters, 1867)
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Cornufer punctatus
''Cornufer punctatus'', commonly known as the dotted wrinkled ground frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to Western New Guinea ( Indonesia) and occurs in the Arfak and Wondiwoi Mountains on the New Guine ...
''
(Peters & Doria, 1878)
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Cornufer schmidti
''Cornufer schmidti'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It was first described as a subspecies of ''Platymantis papuensis'' (now '' Cornufer papuensis''). It is the type species of the subgenus ''Aenigmanura'' within ''Corn ...
''
(Brown & Tyler, 1968)
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Cornufer solomonis
''Cornufer solomonis'' is a species of frog 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 ...
''
(Boulenger, 1884)
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Cornufer sulcatus
''Cornufer sulcatus'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae endemic to the Nakanai Mountains on New Britain Island
New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region ...
''
(Kraus and Allison, 2007)
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Cornufer trossulus''
(Brown and Myers, 1949)
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Cornufer vertebralis
''Cornufer vertebralis'' is a species of frog 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 ...
''
(Boulenger, 1887)
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Cornufer vitianus
''Cornufer vitianus'', commonly known as Fiji ground frog or Viti wrinkled ground frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.
It is Endemism, endemic to Fiji.
Presumed to be originally a forest species, it is nowadays also found ...
''
(Duméril, 1853)
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Cornufer vitiensis''
(Girard, 1853)
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Cornufer vogti
''Cornufer vogti'' (common name: Admiralty Island webbed frog) is a species of frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea, where it is known from the Rambutyo Island, its type locality, a ...
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(Hediger, 1934)
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Cornufer weberi
''Cornufer weberi'', Weber's wrinkled ground frog, is a species of frog 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 ...
''
(Schmidt, 1932)
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Cornufer wolfi
''Cornufer wolfi'' is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago and known from the Buka and Bougainville Islands in Papua New Guinea and from the Santa Isabel and Choiseul Islands i ...
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(Sternfeld, 1920)
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Cornufer wuenscheorum
''Cornufer wuenscheorum'' is a species of frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to Yapen island in Indonesia, off the northern coast of New Guinea. The specific name ''wuenscheorum'' honours Rosi and Jochen Wünsche, friends o ...
''
(Günther, 2006)
References
AmphibiaWeb
Ceratobatrachidae
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