Genus Cophixalus Boettger, 1892
Type species:
Cophixalus geislerorum Boettger, 1892 by monotypy.- Phrynixalus Boettger, O. 1895. Liste der Reptilien und Batrachier der Insel Halmaheira nach den Sammlunge Prof. Dr. W. Kukenthal's. Zoologischer Anzeiger 18(472): 129-140 [132].
Type species:
Phrynixalus montanus Boettger, 1895 by monotypy. - Aphantophryne Fry, D.B. 1917. Description of Aphantophryne, a new batrachian genus from New Guinea; with comparative notes on the pectoral musculature. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 770-785 [772].
Type species:
Aphantophryne pansa Fry, 1917 by original designation. - Austrochaperina [part] Fry, D.B. 1912. Description of Austrochaperina, a new genus of Engystomatidae from north Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 9: 87-106 [87] [synonymy with Cophixalus Boettger based on Austrochaperina ornata Fry, 1912, one of three originally included species].
Type species:
Austrochaperina robusta Fry, 1912 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Parker, H.W. 1934. A Monograph of the Frogs of the Family Microhylidae. London : British Museum viii 208 pp. [170]
- Zweifel, R.G. & Allison, A. 1982. A new montane microhylid frog from Papua New Guinea, and comments on the status of the genus Aphantophryne. American Museum Novitates 2723: 1-14 [6]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Papuan biogeographical region of New Guinea.
IBRA
Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
- Parker, H.W. 1934. A Monograph of the Frogs of the Family Microhylidae. London : British Museum viii 208 pp.
- Zweifel, R.G. 1962. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. Frogs of the microhylid genus Cophixalus from the mountains of New Guinea. American Museum Novitates 2087: 1-26
- Zweifel, R.G. 1979. A new cryptic species of microhylid frog (genus Cophixalus) from Papua New Guinea, with notes on related forms. American Museum Novitates 2678: 1-14
General References
Hoskin, C.J. 2004. Australian microhylid frogs (Cophixalus and Austrochaperina): phylogeny, taxonomy, calls, distributions and breeding biology. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 237-269 (review, phylogenetic analyses)
History of changes
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