Cornufer macrosceles (Zweifel, 1975)
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 macrosceles is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. It is only known from the Nakanai Mountains in the central part of the island. Only three specimens are known. Common name Ti wrinkled ground frog has been coined for the species.
Wikipedia contributors, Cornufer macrosceles; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T15:46:17.527135+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cornufer macrosceles (Zweifel, 1975)
- Name authority
- (Zweifel, 1975)
- 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 macrosceles (Zweifel, 1975)
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 boulengeri Boettger, 1892 | 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Platymantis macrosceles Zweifel, 1975 Zweifel, 1975 | 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=1095847 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:YGBS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.