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Cophixalus

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Genyophryninae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Scientific name
  
Cophixalus

Higher classification
  
Genyophryninae

Order
  
Frog

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Lower classifications
  
Elegant frog, Black Mountain boulder fr, Scanty frog, Mountain‑top nursery frog, Tapping nursery frog

Cophixalus (rainforest frogs or nursery frogs) is a genus of microhylid frogs. These are arboreal species with expanded toe-pads, endemic to Moluccan Islands, New Guinea and northeastern Queensland, Australia.

Species

As of November 2013, Amphibian Species of the World assigns 61 species to Cophixalus. Included in this list are also C. aimbensis and C. sisyphus which are discussed in IUCN Red List but not in Amphibian Species of the World, and the newly described C. petrophilus.

The source column gives direct links to the sources used:

  • IUCN description of species at International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN Red List categories are:
  • ASW description of species at Amphibian Species of the World.
  • References

    Cophixalus Wikipedia


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