Cornufer schmidti

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Cornufer schmidti |volume=2020 |page=e.T58480A151984006 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58480A151984006.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| taxon = Cornufer schmidti

| authority = ({{interlanguage link multi|Walter Creighton Brown|fr|lt=Brown}} and Tyler, 1968)

| synonyms =

Platymantis papuensis schmidti Brown and Tyler, 1968
Platymantis schmidti Brown and Tyler, 1968

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Cornufer schmidti is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It was first described as a subspecies of Platymantis papuensis (now Cornufer papuensis). It is the type species of the subgenus Aenigmanura within Cornufer. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, and is known from the islands of New Britain, New Ireland, and Manus; the Manus population might represent a distinct species.

Etymology

Cornufer schmidti is named after Karl Patterson Schmidt, American herpetologist. Common name Schmidt's wrinkled ground frog has been coined for it.

Description

Adult males measure {{convert|30|-|40|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} and adult females {{convert|40|-|60|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. The snout is rounded to broadly round-pointed. The tympanum is distinct and moderately large. The fingers tips are dilated into moderate, depressed discs. The toes are slightly webbed and have smaller discs than the fingers. Dorsal folds are moderate to short, usually scattered over the entire dorsum.

Habitat and conservation

Cornufer schmidti occurs in lowland rainforests, disturbed forests, plantations, and gardens, often in association with coconut husk piles. Development is direct (i.e, there is no free-living larval stage{{cite book|title=Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles |edition=4th |first1=Laurie J. |last1=Vitt |first2=Janalee P. |last2=Caldwell |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Academic Press |year=2014 |page=166}}). It is an abundant and adaptable species that seems not to be threatened. It is probably present in a number of protected areas.

References

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{{cite book |last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo | last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael | last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael |name-list-style=amp |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=GBS.PA192 |date=2013 |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |isbn=978-1-907807-42-8 |pages=192–193}}

{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Rafe M. |last2=Siler |first2=Cameron D. |last3=Richards |first3=Stephen J. |last4=Diesmos |first4=Arvin C. |last5=Cannatella |first5=David C. |name-list-style=amp |title=Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for Southeast Asian and Melanesian forest frogs (family Ceratobatrachidae) |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=174 |issue=1 |year=2015 |pages=130–168 |doi=10.1111/zoj.12232|doi-access=free }}

{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=W. C. |last2=Tyler |first2=M. J. |name-list-style=amp |year=1968 |title=Frogs of the genus Platymantis (Ranidae) from New Britain with descriptions of a new species |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=81 |pages=69–86 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/45797 }}

{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/index.php//Amphibia/Anura/Ceratobatrachidae/Ceratobatrachinae/Cornufer/Cornufer-schmidti |title=Cornufer schmidti (Brown and Tyler, 1968) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2019 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=6 November 2019}}

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schmidti

Category:Amphibians of Papua New Guinea

Category:Endemic amphibian species of Papua New Guinea

Category:Bismarck Archipelago

Category:Amphibians described in 1968

Category:Taxa named by Michael J. Tyler

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot