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Austrochaperina
''Austrochaperina'' is a genus of microhylid frogs found on New Guinea, New Britain and Australia. Taxonomy The genus was removed from the synonymy of '' Sphenophryne'' by Richard Zweifel in 2000. However, as currently defined, it might not be monophyletic In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ..., with two monophyletic units of ''Austrochaperina'' more closely related to parts of '' Copiula'' than with each other. Description ''Austrochaperina'' are rather generalized frogs in their morphology and appear mostly to inhabit leaf litter. They reach maximum sizes between snout–vent length. Finger and toe tips are flattened and disc-like. Most species lack toe webbing. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Austrochaperina'': The AmphibiaWeb includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Minutissima
''Austrochaperina'' is a genus of microhylid frogs found on New Guinea, New Britain and Australia. Taxonomy The genus was removed from the synonymy of '' Sphenophryne'' by Richard Zweifel in 2000. However, as currently defined, it might not be monophyletic, with two monophyletic units of ''Austrochaperina'' more closely related to parts of ''Copiula'' than with each other. Description ''Austrochaperina'' are rather generalized frogs in their morphology and appear mostly to inhabit leaf litter. They reach maximum sizes between snout–vent length. Finger and toe tips are flattened and disc-like. Most species lack toe webbing. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Austrochaperina'': The AmphibiaWeb includes a few additional species that Peloso and colleagues moved to ''Copiula ''Copiula'' is a genus of Microhylidae, microhylid frogs endemic to New Guinea. The common name Mehely frogs has been coined for them. They are leaf-litter inhabitants. Taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Alexanderi
''Austrochaperina'' is a genus of microhylid frogs found on New Guinea, New Britain and Australia. Taxonomy The genus was removed from the synonymy of '' Sphenophryne'' by Richard Zweifel in 2000. However, as currently defined, it might not be monophyletic, with two monophyletic units of ''Austrochaperina'' more closely related to parts of ''Copiula'' than with each other. Description ''Austrochaperina'' are rather generalized frogs in their morphology and appear mostly to inhabit leaf litter. They reach maximum sizes between snout–vent length. Finger and toe tips are flattened and disc-like. Most species lack toe webbing. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Austrochaperina'': The AmphibiaWeb includes a few additional species that Peloso and colleagues moved to ''Copiula ''Copiula'' is a genus of Microhylidae, microhylid frogs endemic to New Guinea. The common name Mehely frogs has been coined for them. They are leaf-litter inhabitants. Taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Laurae
''Austrochaperina'' is a genus of microhylid frogs found on New Guinea, New Britain and Australia. Taxonomy The genus was removed from the synonymy of '' Sphenophryne'' by Richard Zweifel in 2000. However, as currently defined, it might not be monophyletic, with two monophyletic units of ''Austrochaperina'' more closely related to parts of ''Copiula'' than with each other. Description ''Austrochaperina'' are rather generalized frogs in their morphology and appear mostly to inhabit leaf litter. They reach maximum sizes between snout–vent length. Finger and toe tips are flattened and disc-like. Most species lack toe webbing. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Austrochaperina'': The AmphibiaWeb includes a few additional species that Peloso and colleagues moved to ''Copiula ''Copiula'' is a genus of Microhylidae, microhylid frogs endemic to New Guinea. The common name Mehely frogs has been coined for them. They are leaf-litter inhabitants. Taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Fulva
''Austrochaperina'' is a genus of microhylid frogs found on New Guinea, New Britain and Australia. Taxonomy The genus was removed from the synonymy of '' Sphenophryne'' by Richard Zweifel in 2000. However, as currently defined, it might not be monophyletic, with two monophyletic units of ''Austrochaperina'' more closely related to parts of ''Copiula'' than with each other. Description ''Austrochaperina'' are rather generalized frogs in their morphology and appear mostly to inhabit leaf litter. They reach maximum sizes between snout–vent length. Finger and toe tips are flattened and disc-like. Most species lack toe webbing. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Austrochaperina'': The AmphibiaWeb includes a few additional species that Peloso and colleagues moved to ''Copiula ''Copiula'' is a genus of Microhylidae, microhylid frogs endemic to New Guinea. The common name Mehely frogs has been coined for them. They are leaf-litter inhabitants. Taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Brachypus
''Austrochaperina'' is a genus of microhylid frogs found on New Guinea, New Britain and Australia. Taxonomy The genus was removed from the synonymy of '' Sphenophryne'' by Richard Zweifel in 2000. However, as currently defined, it might not be monophyletic, with two monophyletic units of ''Austrochaperina'' more closely related to parts of ''Copiula'' than with each other. Description ''Austrochaperina'' are rather generalized frogs in their morphology and appear mostly to inhabit leaf litter. They reach maximum sizes between snout–vent length. Finger and toe tips are flattened and disc-like. Most species lack toe webbing. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Austrochaperina'': The AmphibiaWeb includes a few additional species that Peloso and colleagues moved to ''Copiula ''Copiula'' is a genus of Microhylidae, microhylid frogs endemic to New Guinea. The common name Mehely frogs has been coined for them. They are leaf-litter inhabitants. Taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Beehleri
''Austrochaperina'' is a genus of microhylid frogs found on New Guinea, New Britain and Australia. Taxonomy The genus was removed from the synonymy of '' Sphenophryne'' by Richard Zweifel in 2000. However, as currently defined, it might not be monophyletic, with two monophyletic units of ''Austrochaperina'' more closely related to parts of ''Copiula'' than with each other. Description ''Austrochaperina'' are rather generalized frogs in their morphology and appear mostly to inhabit leaf litter. They reach maximum sizes between snout–vent length. Finger and toe tips are flattened and disc-like. Most species lack toe webbing. Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Austrochaperina'': The AmphibiaWeb includes a few additional species that Peloso and colleagues moved to ''Copiula ''Copiula'' is a genus of Microhylidae, microhylid frogs endemic to New Guinea. The common name Mehely frogs has been coined for them. They are leaf-litter inhabitants. Taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Pluvialis
''Austrochaperina pluvialis'', also known as the rain frog, white-browed chirper, flecked land frog, or whitebrowed whistle frog, is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to northeastern Queensland, Australia. Habitat and conservation ''Austrochaperina pluvialis'' occurs in rainforests at elevations up to at least , and at least historically, to above sea level. They are usually found beneath fallen timber and leaf litter. Males call from beneath leaves on the forest floor. Eggs are deposited terrestrially and have direct development, hatching as fully formed froglets. ''Austrochaperina pluvialis'' is an infrequently seen species that appears patchily distributed because of difficulty of encountering it. In the past it has been threatened by habitat loss caused by logging. At present, development for tourism could represent a localized threat. References pluvialis '' Pluvialis '' is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds comprising four speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Aquilonia
''Austrochaperina aquilonia'' is a species of frogs in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to the Sandaun Province, north-western Papua New Guinea. It is only known from two nearby locations in the Torricelli Mountains: Mount Somoro ( type locality) and from the village of Wilbeite. The specific name ''aquilonia'' is a Latin adjective meaning "northern" and refers to the range of this species in the north coast mountains of New Guinea. Description ''Austrochaperina aquilonia'' is only known from two specimens, both adult males: the holotype (collected by Jared Diamond) measuring in snout–vent length, and the paratype (collected by Tim Flannery) measuring . It is a relatively slender-bodied species with a bluntly pointed snout. The hands are relatively small and have small finger discs. The toes are unwebbed. The dorsum is pale graybrown with darker brown irregular spotting and mottling. Habitat and conservation Habitat data are missing but ''Austrochaperina aquilonia'' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Adamantina
''Austrochaperina adamantina'' is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Guinea and occurs in the Torricelli Mountains, Torricelli and Bewani Mountains in the West Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. The Specific name (zoology), specific name ''adamantina'' is Latin for "like a diamond" and refers to Jared Diamond, credited as the collector of the holotype and "great many other valuable herpetological specimens from Papua New Guinea". Description ''Austrochaperina adamantina'' was species description, described based on a single specimen, which is an adult female measuring in snout–vent length. The head is narrow. The snout is truncate as seen from above and slightly rounded in profile. The eyes are relatively large. The Tympanum (anatomy), tympanic ring is barely visible; a weak supratympanic fold is present. The fingers and the toes have well-developed terminal discs but lack webbing. Skin is smooth apart from slight wartiness on the lower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Basipalmata
''Austrochaperina basipalmata'' is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to the mountain ranges of northern New Guinea and is found between Tawarin River in Papua, Western New Guinea (Indonesia) and Torricelli Mountains in Papua New Guinea. Description Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The tip of the snout is somewhat pointed and conspicuously whitened in adult males but the shout is rounded in adult females, rarely showing even a trace of white; juveniles of both sexes have dark snouts. The head is slightly narrower than the body. The eyes are relatively small. The tympanum is scarcely visible. The finger and toe tips bear grooved discs. The toes are basally webbed. Skin is smooth to slightly rugose dorsally and smooth ventrally. Preserved specimens are dorsally brown, often with some indistinct darker spotting or mottling, rarely with well-defined darker spots. The undersides are pale tan with more or less distinct darker mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Blumi
''Austrochaperina blumi'' is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to New Guinea and known from the northern slopes of the New Guinean Central Range in Western New Guinea (Indonesia), and from the Bewani, Torricelli, and Hunstein Mountains in Papua New Guinea. The specific name ''blumi'' honors J. Paul Blum, the herpetologist who collected the type series. Common name Kosarek land frog has been proposed for it. Description Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The head is relatively narrow. The snout is truncate. The eyes are relatively large. The tympanum is small and indistinct. The finger and toe tips bear grooved discs. No webbing is present. The dorsal surfaces of the head, body, and limbs are pale tan scattered with many small, somewhat darker, irregular spots. The ventral ground color is pale tan, approaching white, but bearing numerous small, slightly darker spots on the throat and chest and fewer spots on the abdomen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrochaperina Brevipes
''Austrochaperina brevipes'' is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and known only from two localities, Mount Victoria and Myola Guest House in the Owen Stanley Range. Common name Victoria land frog has been suggested for it. Description ''Austrochaperina brevipes'' is a stocky, relatively broad-headed frog. Males grow to and females in snout–vent length. Males appear to reach maturity at about and females at about SVL. The dorsum is reddish brown, brown, or yellowish brown. There is a yellow vertebral line. This species probably breeds through direct development. A male was found attending 14 eggs, whereas a female of contained ten eggs. Habitat and conservation The species' natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |