Biology:Xenorhina rostrata

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Short description: Species of frog

Xenorhina rostrata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Xenorhina
Species:
X. rostrata
Binomial name
Xenorhina rostrata
(Méhely, 1898)
Synonyms

Choanacantha rostrata Méhely, 1898
Xenobatrachus rostratus — van Kampen, 1919

Xenorhina rostrata is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is found in West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

Names

It is known as gwnm in the Kalam language of Papua New Guinea, a name that is also applied to Cophixalus riparius.[2]

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Xenorhina rostrata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58036A152554497. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58036A152554497.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58036/152554497. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Bulmer, RNH (1975). Kalam Classification Of Reptiles And Fishes. Journal of the Polynesian Society 84(3): 267–308.

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