Choerophryne darlingtoni

Short description: Species of frog

Choerophryne darlingtoni

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Anura
Family:  | Microhylidae
Genus:  | Choerophryne
Species:  |

C. darlingtoni

Binomial name
Choerophryne darlingtoni

(Loveridge, 1948)

Synonyms[2]

Cophixalus biroi darlingtoni Loveridge, 1948
Cophixalus darlingtoni — Zweifel, 1956
Albericus darlingtoni — Burton and Zweifel, 1995

Choerophryne darlingtoni is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea and found in the New Guinea Highlands.[2] The specific name darlingtoni honors P. Jackson Darlington Jr., an American evolutionary biologist and zoogeographer.[3] Common name Darlington's rainforest frog has been coined for it.[2][3]

## Description

Choerophryne darlingtoni grows to a maximum snout–vent length of 27 mm (1.1 in). The snout is blunt, similar in length to the eye. The fifth toe is longer than the third.[4] Coloration is highly variable. A thin vertebral line or a broad light vertebral stripe may be present. The dorsal ground color varies from deep plumbeous to pale yellowish tan. Various darker markings are present. A pale, golden interocular line is almost always present but is sometimes indistinct. The venter is pale and nearly immaculate to grey.[5]

Choerophryne darlingtoni is not morphologically distinguishable from Choerophryne fafniri[2] but is distinguishable by the male advertisement call.[1] It is also similar to Choerophryne variegata.[4]

## Habitat and conservation

Its natural habitats are montane forests[1] at elevations above 2,000 m (6,600 ft).[2] It is a locally abundant species but can be locally threatened by habitat loss caused by selective logging and forest clearance.[1]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Richards, S.; Zweifel, R. (2004). "Choerophryne darlingtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T57662A85822896. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57662A11670701.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/57662/85822896. {{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Choerophryne darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1948)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Asterophryinae/Choerophryne/Choerophryne-darlingtoni. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA51.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Zweifel, Richard George (1962). "Frogs of the microhylid genus Cophixalus from the mountains of New Guinea". American Museum Novitates (2087): 1–26.
5. ↑ Zweifel, Richard George (1956). "Notes on microhylid frogs, genus Cophixalus, from New Guinea". American Museum Novitates (1785): 1–8.

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