Cophixalus verrucosus
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Cophixalus verrucosus is an amphibian of the family -mouthed (Microhylidae).
features
The species reaches a length of 33 millimeters. The top of the body is dark olive colored and spotted black or marbled. The lumbar region and thighs are spotted white on a black background. There is often an inconspicuous eye spot in the lumbar region. The throat and chest are mottled dark brown or brown. The underside of the limbs is spotted brown. The belly is whitish. The head is as long as it is wide. The forehead is blunt-pointed, protruding, truncated at an angle and as long as the eye. The canthus rostralis is sharp. The rein region slopes down vertically. The interorbital space is slightly wider than an upper eyelid. The eardrum is moderately recognizable and about half as wide as the diameter of the eye. The first finger is shorter than the second and ends with a small adhesive disc. The adhesive discs of the remaining fingers are large, wider than they are long, about twice as wide as the fingers and slightly larger than those of the toes. The subarticular cusps and metatarsal cusps are flat and indistinct. When the hind leg is placed forward to the body, the tibiotarsal joint extends to the eye or between the eye and the tip of the snout. There are flat warts and wavy skin folds on the top of the body. A less clear, conical hump is often found near the free edge of the eyelid. The underside is smooth or slightly granular on the belly. Males do not have a vocal sac .
Occurrence
Cophixalus verrucosus is found in southern and eastern Papua New Guinea , including the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and the Louisiade Archipelago .
Systematics
Cophixalus verrucosus was first described by George Albert Boulenger in 1898 as Sphenophryne verrucosa . Parker placed the species in the genus Cophixalus in 1934 .
Danger
Cophixalus verrucosus is classified by the IUCN as "Least Concern" (safe).
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Nieden: Anura II . In: FE Schulze, W. Kükenthal, K. Heider (Ed.): Das Tierreich . Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin and Leipzig 1926, p. 43.
- ↑ a b Darrel R. Frost: Cophixalus verrucosus (Boulenger, 1898) . In: Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference . Version 6.0 (accessed March 18, 2017). ( online ).
- ↑ Cophixalus verrucosus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2016 Posted by: Stephen Richards, Allen Allison, 2004. Accessed March 18, 2017th
