Ctenophryne carpish
| Ctenophryne carpish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Gastrophryninae |
| Genus: | Ctenophryne |
| Species: | C. carpish |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenophryne carpish (Lehr, Rodriguez, and Córdova, 2002) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phrynopus carpish Lehr, Rodriguez, and Córdova, 2002 | |
Ctenophryne carpish is a rare and little-known species of microhylid frog endemic to Peru. It is known from its type locality on the Cordillera de Carpish, Huánuco, and form near Juanjuí in the San Martín Region.[1][2] It lacks eardrums, and at a cursory glance it resembles leptodactylid frogs of the genus Phrynopus where it was initially placed. It also has no tympanic annulus and stapes.[3]
Its natural habitat is cloud forest. It lives on the ground or in bromeliads on or near the ground; it uses bromeliads for breeding. The diet consists of insects.[1]
It is threatened habitat destruction caused by agricultural expansion and firewood collection.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Edgar Lehr (2008). "Ctenophryne carpish". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T57204A11597072. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Ctenophryne carpish (Lehr, Rodriguez, and Córdova, 2002)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ Lehr, Edgar; Trueb, Linda (2007). "Diversity among New World microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae): morphological and osteological comparisons between Nelsonophryne (Günther 1901) and a new genus from Peru". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149 (4): 583–609. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00270.x.