Cornufer hedigeri

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Cornufer hedigeri

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. hedigeri
Binomial name
Cornufer hedigeri
(Boulenger, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Cornufer guppyi Boulenger, 1884
  • Platymantis guppyi (Boulenger, 1884)

Cornufer hedigeri, commonly known as the Treasury wrinkled ground frog or Solomon Islands giant treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae,[2] named after Henry B. Guppy who collected the holotype from the Treasury Islands.[3] It is widespread in the Solomon Islands archipelago (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands), though it is missing from New Georgia and Makira islands.[2]

Description[]

Specimens of the species Cornufer hedigeri are medium-sized frogs: the holotype measured 68 mm (2.7 in) in snout–vent length. Its back is light brown or pinkish, spotted or dotted with brown, whereas it is whitish below.[3]

Cornufer hedigeri is a very common and abundant species that inhabits closed-canopy rainforest and old regrowth forest. They live in the trees, about 2–20 m (6 ft 7 in–65 ft 7 in) above the ground. It might be threatened by logging, although its ability to persist in regrown forests suggests it is relatively resilient.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cornufer hedigeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T58461A150476816.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Platymantis guppyi (Boulenger, 1884)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Boulenger, G. A. (1884). "Diagnoses of new reptiles and batrachians from the Solomon Islands, collected and presented to the British Museum by H. B. Guppy, Esq., M.B., H.M.S. 'Lark'". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1884: 210–213. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1884.tb02822.x.


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