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Cornufer desticans (Brown and Richards, 2008)
Platymantis desticans Brown and Richards, 2008, Zootaxa, 1888: 49. Holotype: SAMAR56849, by original designation. Type locality: "Barora Faa Island, (off the western tip of Isabel Isl.), 0-10 m above sea level (07° 32.065′S, 158° 21.005′E), Isabel Province, Solomon Islands", Papua New Guinea.
Cornufer (Aenigmanura) desticans — Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 174: 153.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the Barora Island (off the western tipe of Isabel Island) Isabel Province, and Choiseul Island (Choiseul Province), Solomon Islands.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Solomon Islands
Endemic: Solomon Islands
Comment
Most similar to Platymantis weberi according to the original publication.
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