A new montane microhylid frog from Papua New Guinea, and comments on the status of the genus Aphantophryne. American Museum novitates ; no. 2723

dc.contributor.authorZweifel, Richard George, 1926-en_US
dc.contributor.authorAllison, Allen.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T18:15:42Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T18:15:42Z
dc.date.issued1982en_US
dc.description14 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 13-14).en_US
dc.description.abstract"Discovery of an undescribed, ground-dwellingspecies of the largely scansorial genus Cophixalus led to the re-evaluation of the monotypic genus Aphantophryne to see if this genus, presently synonymized within Cophixalus, should be revived to accommodate its terrestrial type species, C. pansus, and the new form. The two species share some presumably derived features, but these are ones common to many microhylid species of similar ground-dwelling habits and do not necessarily indicate closeness of relationship. Evaluation of previously unstudied features of the anatomy of C. pansus does not support revival Aphantophryne either as a monotypic genus or to include the new species. The latter is described as Cophixalus sphagnicola, new species"--P. [1].en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/5334
dc.languageengen_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNew York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 2723en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.2723, 1982en_US
dc.subject.lcshCophixalus sphagnicolaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCophixalusen_US
dc.subject.lcshAphantophryneen_US
dc.subject.lcshFrogs -- Papua New Guineaen_US
dc.subject.lcshFrogs -- New Guineaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAmphibians -- Papua New Guineaen_US
dc.subject.lcshAmphibians -- New Guineaen_US
dc.titleA new montane microhylid frog from Papua New Guinea, and comments on the status of the genus Aphantophryne. American Museum novitates ; no. 2723en_US
dc.title.alternativeMicrohylid frogen_US
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