Biology:Choerophryne darlingtoni
| Choerophryne darlingtoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Genus: | Choerophryne |
| Species: | C. darlingtoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Choerophryne darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1948)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Cophixalus biroi darlingtoni Loveridge, 1948 | |
Choerophryne darlingtoni is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and found in the New Guinea Highlands.[2] The specific name darlingtoni honors P. Jackson Darlington Jr., an American evolutionary biologist and zoogeographer.[3] Common name Darlington's rainforest frog has been coined for it.[2][3]
Description
Choerophryne darlingtoni grows to a maximum snout–vent length of 27 mm (1.1 in). The snout is blunt, similar in length to the eye. The fifth toe is longer than the third.[4] Coloration is highly variable. A thin vertebral line or a broad light vertebral stripe may be present. The dorsal ground color varies from deep plumbeous to pale yellowish tan. Various darker markings are present. A pale, golden interocular line is almost always present but is sometimes indistinct. The venter is pale and nearly immaculate to grey.[5]
Choerophryne darlingtoni is not morphologically distinguishable from Choerophryne fafniri[2] but is distinguishable by the male advertisement call.[1] It is also similar to Choerophryne variegata.[4]
Habitat and conservation
Its natural habitats are montane forests[1] at elevations above 2,000 m (6,600 ft).[2] It is a locally abundant species but can be locally threatened by habitat loss caused by selective logging and forest clearance.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Richards, S.; Zweifel, R. (2004). "Choerophryne darlingtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T57662A85822896. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57662A11670701.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/57662/85822896.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Choerophryne darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1948)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Asterophryinae/Choerophryne/Choerophryne-darlingtoni. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA51.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Zweifel, Richard George (1962). "Frogs of the microhylid genus Cophixalus from the mountains of New Guinea". American Museum Novitates (2087): 1–26.
- ↑ Zweifel, Richard George (1956). "Notes on microhylid frogs, genus Cophixalus, from New Guinea". American Museum Novitates (1785): 1–8.
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