Cornufer adiastolus is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae, endemic to New Britain Island in Papua New Guinea. Scientists first observed this frog in the Wanui River Valley, 310 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

Cornufer adiastolus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. adiastolus
Binomial name
Cornufer adiastolus
(Brown, Richards, Sukumaran, and Foufopoulos, 2006)
Synonyms[2]
  • Platymantis adiastola Brown, Richards, Sukumaran, and Foufopoulos, 2006
  • Platymantis adiastolus Frost, 2008
  • Cornufer (Aenigmanura) adiastolus Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

Original description edit

  • Brown, Rafe M.; Richards, Stephen J.; Sukumaran, Jeet; Foufopoulos, Johannes (2006). "A new morphologically cryptic species of forest frog (genus Platymantis) from New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago". Zootaxa. 1334: 45–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1334.1.3.

References edit

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cornufer adiastolus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1. p. e.T135814A150999094. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T135814A150999094.en. S2CID 242959112. 135814. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufur adiastolus (Brown, Richards, Sukumaran, and Foufopoulos, 2006)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "Cornufer adiastolus (Brown, Richards, Sukumaran & Foufopoulos, 2006)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved January 29, 2023.