Cornufer boulengeri Boettger, 1892
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Cornufer boulengeri, commonly known as Boulenger's wrinkled ground frog or Boulenger's platymantis, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. It has been observed as high as 1500 meters above sea level.
The adults live on the forest floor of lowland and foothill rain forests, whereas juveniles occur low on the vegetation. It is potentially threatened by habitat loss caused by logging.
Wikipedia contributors, Cornufer boulengeri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:46:17.526134+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cornufer boulengeri Boettger, 1892
- Name authority
- Boettger, 1892
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Ceratobatrachidae
- Genus
- Cornufer
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyCeratobatrachidae Boulenger, 1884
- subfamilyCeratobatrachinae Boulenger, 1884
- genusCornufer Tschudi, 1838
- speciesCornufer boulengeri Boettger, 1892
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cornufer. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cornufer acrochordus Brown, 1965 | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer vertebralis (Boulenger, 1887) | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer parkeri Brown, 1965 | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer malukuna (Brown & Webster, 1969) | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer batantae (Zweifel, 1969) | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer adiastolus (Brown, Richards, Sukumaran & Foufopoulos, 2006) | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer aculeodactylus (Brown, 1952) | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer cheesmanae (Parker, 1940) | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer bufonulus (Kraus & Allison, 2007) | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer admiraltiensis (Richards, Mack & Austin, 2007) | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer exedrus Travers, Richards, Broadhead & Brown, 2018 | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cornufer gilliardi (Zweifel, 1960) | CeratobatrachidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Platymantis rhipiphalcus Brown & Tyler, 1968 Brown & Tyler, 1968 | synonym |
| Platymantis boulengeri (Boettger, 1892) (Boettger, 1892) | synonym |
| Platymantis rhipiphalca Brown & Tyler, 1968 Brown & Tyler, 1968 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=776072 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6B4JT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.