Species Cophixalus ornatus (Fry, 1912)
Northern Ornate Nursery Frog, Ornate Nursery Frog
- Austrochaperina ornata Fry, D.B. 1912. Description of Austrochaperina, a new genus of Engystomatidae from north Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 9: 87-106 [91, fig. 38].
Type data:
Holotype AM R222, 25 mi[les] inland from Cairns, QLD. - Phrynixalus reginae Andersson, L.G. 1916. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 9. Batrachians from Queensland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm ns 52: 1-20 [4, figs 1a-d].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHRM 1615 4 specimens, Malanda, QLD; NHRM 1616, Cedar Creek, QLD; MCZ 17805, Malanda, QLD; whereabouts unknown 4 syntypes (not found), Malanda and Cedar Creek, QLD; BMNH 1929.5.17.1, Malanda and Cedar Creek, QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Cophixalus ornatus (Fry, 1912).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, closed forest, nocturnal, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Direct development.
General References
Anstis, M., FRED Parker, F., Hawkes, T., Morris, I. & Richards, S.J 2011. Direct development in some Australopapuan microhylid frogs of the genera Austrochaperina, Cophixalus and Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 3052: 1–50
Hoskin, C.J. 2012. Two new frog species (Microhylidae: Cophixalus) from the Australian Wet Tropics region, and redescription of Cophixalus ornatus. Zootaxa 3271: 1-16 (re-described)
Zweifel, R.G. 1962. A systematic review of the microhylid frogs of Australia. American Museum Novitates 2113: 1-40 (taxonomy)
Zweifel, R.G. & Parker, F. 1977. A new species of frog from Australia (Microhylidae: Cophixalus). American Museum Novitates 2614: 1-10 (taxonomy)
History of changes
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