Cornufer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Subfamily: Ceratobatrachinae
Genus: Cornufer
Tschudi, 1838
Synonyms
  • Batrachylodes Boulenger, 1887
  • Ceratobatrachus Boulenger, 1884
  • Discodeles Boulenger, 1918
  • Palmatorappia Ahl, 1927

Cornufer is a genus of frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It has been greatly expanded by Brown, et al. (2015) to include most Australasian frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae.[1] Species are found in Melanesia and Polynesia in Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and in the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands.

Species

There are currently at least 50 extant species in this genus.

References

  1. Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Richards, Stephen J.; Diesmos, Arvin C.; Cannatella, David C. (2015). "Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for Southeast Asian and Melanesian forest frogs (family Ceratobatrachidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (1): 130–168. doi:10.1111/zoj.12232.


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