Cornufer batantae (Zweifel, 1969)

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

Platymantis batantae Zweifel, 1969, Am. Mus. Novit., 2374: 2. Holotype: AMNH 74192, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt. Besar above Wailebet, elevation 1500 feet, Batanta Island, West Irian [Papua (New Guinea)], Indonesia".

Cornufer batantaeBrown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 174: 140. 

English Names

Batanta Wrinkled Ground Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 104).

Distribution

Batanta and Waigeo Islands, Papua (New Guinea), Indonesia.

Comment

See comment under Platymantis bimaculata. Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 87, provided a brief account.

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