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Cophixalus concinnus Tyler, 1979
Cophixalus concinnus Tyler, 1979, Copeia, 1979: 119. Holotype: QM J30743, by original designation. Type locality: "at an elevation of 1,250 m on Thornton Peak (16° 12′; 145° 20′), Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia".
Asterophrys concinna — Dubois, Ohler, and Pyron, 2021, Megataxa, 5: 479, by implication.
Common Names
Beautiful Nursery-Frog (Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 206).
Tapping Nursery-Frog (Ingram, Nattrass, and Czechura, 1993, Mem. Queensland Mus., 33: 222).
Rattling Rainforest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 88).
Elegant Frog (Barker, Grigg, and Tyler, 1995, Field Guide Aust. Frogs., Ed. 2: 366; Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 108).
Beautiful Nursery-Frog (Hoskin, 2004, Aust. J. Zool., 52: 250).
Distribution
Restricted to a very small high-altitude area (over 1100 m) around the summit of Thornton Peak, between Mossman and Cooktown in northeastern Queensland, Australia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Australia
Endemic: Australia
Comment
See account by Hoskin, 2004, Aust. J. Zool., 52: 250–255, who noted that this species was previous to 2004 confounded with Cophixalus aenigma. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 448. See brief account by Tyler and Knight, 2009, Field Guide Frogs Aust.: 108–109. Cogger, 2018, Rept. Amph. Australia, 7th ed.: 206, provided a brief account, photograph, and polygon distribution map. Cutajar, Portway, Gillard, and Rowley, 2022, Tech. Rep. Aust. Mus. Online, 36: 9, provided a polygon distribution map.
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