''Cornufer vogti'' (common name: Admiralty Island webbed frog) is a species of frogs in the family

Ceratobatrachidae The Ceratobatrachidae are a family of frogs found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, the Philippines, Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands. Taxonomy Ceratobatrachidae was formerly treated as a subfamily (i.e ...

. It is endemic to the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea, where it is known from the Rambutyo Island, its type locality, and from the Manus Island. The

specific name Specific name may refer to: * in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules: * Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...

''vogti'' honours Theodor Vogt (1881–1932), a German naturalist. Vogt described this species in 1912; however, the name he used, ''Rana ventricosus'', was already used. Thus a

replacement name In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), new replacement name (or replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a scientific name that is created specifically to replace another scientific name, but only w ...

''Rana vogti'' was created by

Heini Hediger Heini Hediger (30 November 1908 in Basel – 29 August 1992 in Bern) was a Swiss biologist noted for work in proxemics in animal behavior and is known as the "father of zoo biology". Hediger was formerly the director of Tierpark Dählhölzli (1 ...

in 1934.

Description

The species was described based on a single adult female,. the holotype, measuring in

snout–vent length Snout–vent length (SVL) is a morphometric measurement taken in herpetology from the tip of the snout to the most posterior opening of the cloacal slit (vent)."direct line distance from tip of snout to posterior margin of vent" It is the most c ...

. The overall appearance is robust. The head is broad and the snout is blunt. The eyes are moderately large. The tympanum is visible. The toes are almost fully webbed. Skin is granulate. The body is very dark, almost black above. The underside is marbled white.

Habitat and conservation

''Discodeles vogti'' inhabit streams in tropical lowland rain forests, but they can also been found in suburban areas, rural gardens, and other degraded habitats, albeit at lower densities than in mature forests. The species breeds by direct development and lays its eggs on the ground. It is relatively common, but threatened by habitat loss caused by logging. It is also consumed for food.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q28056098 Vogti Amphibians of Papua New Guinea Endemic fauna of Papua New Guinea Amphibians described in 1912 Amphibians described in 1934 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot