Kingdom Animalia Order Anura Genus Ctenophryne Higher classification Phrynopus | Phylum Chordata Family Microhylidae Scientific name Melanophryne carpish Rank Species | |
Similar Frog, Phrynopus, Amphibians, Ctenophryne, Inca finch | ||
Ctenophryne carpish is a rare and little-known species of microhylid frog endemic to Peru. It is known from its type locality on the Cordillera de Carpish, Huánuco, and form near Juanjuí in the San Martín Region. It lacks eardrums, and at a cursory glance it resembles leptodactylid frogs of the genus Phrynopus where it was initially placed. It also has no tympanic annulus and stapes.
Its natural habitat is cloud forest. It lives on the ground or in bromeliads on or near the ground; it uses bromeliads for breeding. The diet consists of insects.
It is threatened habitat destruction caused by agricultural expansion and firewood collection.
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