Choerophryne fafniri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Microhylidae |
Genus: | Choerophryne |
Species: | C. fafniri
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Binomial name | |
Choerophryne fafniri (
Menzies , 1999)
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Synonyms [3] | |
Albericus fafniri Menzies, 1999 [2] |
Choerophryne fafniri is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. [1] [3] It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and is only known from the north-western slopes of Mount Giluwe and south-east of Mount Hagen in the Southern Highlands Province. [1]
This species was originally described in the genus Albericus, [2] named for Alberich, the dwarf in Scandinavian mythology and Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. [2] [4] Menzies named the species he described after Alberich's companions in the mythodology. The specific name fafniri is derived from Fafnir. [2]
Choerophryne fafniri is a comparatively large species: six unsexed individuals in the type series measure 21.0–22.2 mm (0.83–0.87 in) in snout–urostyle length. [2] Later examination of five of these has revealed them to be males measuring 21.0–23.1 mm (0.83–0.91 in) in snout–vent length. [5] It is very similar to Choerophryne darlingtoni. The flanks and belly are orange to dark red and heavily blotched with brown. There are usually vague lumbar ocelli. [2]
The male advertisement call has been described as a "slow buzz". Note length is comparatively long at about 650 ms. Pulse rate starts slow, then increases abruptly, before slowing again. [2]
Choerophryne fafniri lives in mid-altitude montane rainforest at an elevation of about 2,400 m (7,900 ft) above sea level. It is locally common. No major threats to it are known, although selective logging is a possible threat. [1]
Choerophryne fafniri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Microhylidae |
Genus: | Choerophryne |
Species: | C. fafniri
|
Binomial name | |
Choerophryne fafniri (
Menzies , 1999)
| |
Synonyms [3] | |
Albericus fafniri Menzies, 1999 [2] |
Choerophryne fafniri is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. [1] [3] It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and is only known from the north-western slopes of Mount Giluwe and south-east of Mount Hagen in the Southern Highlands Province. [1]
This species was originally described in the genus Albericus, [2] named for Alberich, the dwarf in Scandinavian mythology and Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. [2] [4] Menzies named the species he described after Alberich's companions in the mythodology. The specific name fafniri is derived from Fafnir. [2]
Choerophryne fafniri is a comparatively large species: six unsexed individuals in the type series measure 21.0–22.2 mm (0.83–0.87 in) in snout–urostyle length. [2] Later examination of five of these has revealed them to be males measuring 21.0–23.1 mm (0.83–0.91 in) in snout–vent length. [5] It is very similar to Choerophryne darlingtoni. The flanks and belly are orange to dark red and heavily blotched with brown. There are usually vague lumbar ocelli. [2]
The male advertisement call has been described as a "slow buzz". Note length is comparatively long at about 650 ms. Pulse rate starts slow, then increases abruptly, before slowing again. [2]
Choerophryne fafniri lives in mid-altitude montane rainforest at an elevation of about 2,400 m (7,900 ft) above sea level. It is locally common. No major threats to it are known, although selective logging is a possible threat. [1]