Cornufer adiastolus (Brown, Richards, Sukumaran, and Foufopoulos, 2006)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ceratobatrachidae > Subfamily: Ceratobatrachinae > Genus: Cornufer > Species: Cornufer adiastolus

Platymantis adiastola Brown, Richards, Sukumaran, and Foufopoulos, 2006, Zootaxa, 1334: 50. Holotype: SAMA R61906, by original designation. Type locality: "Wanui Camp, Wanui River Valley (near Wide Bay), 310 m above sea level (05° 21.638′ S, 152° 05.266′ E), New Britain Isl., East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea".

Platymantis adiastolusFrost, 2008, Amph. Spec. World, vers. 5.2. Gender correction.

Cornufer (Aenigmanura) adiastolus — Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 174: 153. 

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea.

Comment

Confused with Platymantis schmidti prior to its naming, according to the original publication. Shea and Kraus, 2007, Zootaxa, 1514: 37-60, commented on types.

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