Cophixalus (rainforest frogs or nursery frogs) is a genus of microhylid frogs. These are arboreal species with expanded toe-pads, endemic to Moluccan Islands, New Guinea and northeastern Queensland, Australia.

Species As of December 2019, Amphibian Species of the World assigns 67 species to the genus Cophixalus.Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 (10 December 2019). . Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: November 17, 2013).

The source column gives direct links to the sources used: IUCN description of species at International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN Red List categories are: - Extinct, - Extinct in the Wild - Critically Endangered, - Endangered, - Vulnerable - Near Threatened, - Least Concern - Data Deficient, - Not Evaluated ASW description of species at Amphibian Species of the World.

Binomial name and authority Common name Geographic range CS Source Cophixalus aenigma Thornton rainforest frog north-eastern Queensland ASW IUCN Cophixalus albolineatus Mount Shungol, New Guinea ASW Cophixalus amabilis Woodlark Island (PNG) ASW Cophixalus ateles Papua rainforest frog Mount Obree (New Guinea, PNG); possibly widespread in south-eastern Papua New Guinea ASW IUCN Cophixalus australis southern ornate nursery-frog north-east Queensland ASW Cophixalus balbus Yapen rainforest frog Yapen Island (Indonesia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus bewaniensis Menawa rainforest frog Bewani Mountains (New Guinea, PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus biroi Sattelberg rainforest frog northern New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) ASW IUCN Cophixalus bombiens buzzing rainforest frog north-eastern Queensland ASW IUCN Cophixalus cateae Agogo Range in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea ASW Cophixalus caverniphilus Muller Range (New Guinea, PNG) ASW Cophixalus cheesmanae Kokoda rainforest frog eastern Papua New Guinea ASW IUCN Cophixalus clapporum Woodlark Island (PNG) ASW Cophixalus concinnus rattling rainforest frog north-eastern Queensland (Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus crepitans rusty rainforest frog eastern Cape York Peninsula (Queensland, Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus cryptotympanum Zweifel's rainforest frog Mount Dayman (New Guinea, PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus cupricarenus Rossel Island (PNG) ASW Cophixalus daymani Dayman rainforest frog Mount Dayman (PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus desticans south-easternmost tip of New Guinea, Normanby Island (PNG) ASW Cophixalus exiguus Cooktown rainforest frog north-eastern Queensland (Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus hannahae central cordillera of Papua New Guinea ASW Cophixalus hinchinbrookensis Hinchinbrook Island nursery-frog Hinchinbrook Island (Queensland, Australia) ASW Cophixalus hosmeri clicking rainforest frog northern Queensland (Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus humicola Waira rainforest frog Yapen Island, northern New Guinea (Indonesia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus infacetus chocolate rainforest frog north-eastern Queensland (Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus interruptus Morobe Province (New Guinea, PNG) ASW Cophixalus iovaorum Mount Obree (New Guinea, PNG) ASW Cophixalus kaindiensis Kaindi rainforest frog Mount Kaindi and Mount Missim (New Guinea, PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus kethuk Rossel Island (PNG) ASW Cophixalus kulakula north-eastern Queensland (Australia) ASW Cophixalus linnaeus Bowutu Mountains (New Guinea, PNG) ASW Cophixalus mcdonaldi Mcdonald's rainforest frog north-eastern Queensland (Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus melanops Tagula Island (PNG) ASW Cophixalus misimae Misima rainforest frog Misima Island (PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus monosyllabus southern Fakfak Mountains (New Guinea, Indonesia) ASW Cophixalus montanus mountain rainforest frog Halmahera Island (Indonesia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus monticola carbine rainforest frog northern Queensland (Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus neglectus brown rainforest frog northern Queensland (Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus nexipus Mount Obree (New Guinea, PNG) ASW Cophixalus nubicola Michael rainforest frog Mount Michael (New Guinea, PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus ornatus ornate rainforest frog mid-eastern Queensland, Hinchinbrook (Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus pakayakulangun north-eastern Queensland (Australia) ASW Cophixalus parkeri Parker's rainforest frog central mountainous region of Papua New Guinea ASW IUCN Cophixalus peninsularis peninsula rainforest frog northern Queensland (Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus petrophilus blotched boulder-frog  Cophixalus phaeobalius Bowutu Mountains (New Guinea, PNG) ASW Cophixalus pictus West Papua Province (New Guinea, Indonesia) ASW Cophixalus pipilans Sempi rainforest frog from Lae to the Adelbert Mountains (New Guinea, PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus pulchellus pretty rainforest frog Mount Hunstein (New Guinea, PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus rajampatensis Raja Ampat Island group off of western New Guinea (Indonesia) ASW Cophixalus riparius Wilhelm rainforest frog central mountain ranges of Papua Guinea (PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus salawatiensis Raja Ampat Island group off of western New Guinea (Indonesia) ASW Cophixalus saxatilis Black Mountain rainforest frog northern Queensland (Australia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus shellyi Shelly's rainforest frog central mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea, Adelbert Mountains, Huon Peninsula ASW IUCN Cophixalus sphagnicola Morobe rainforest frog Mount Amungwiwa, Mount Kaini, and Mount Missim (New Guinea, PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus tagulensis Tagula rainforest frog Tagula Island (PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus tenuidactylus Kaijende Highlands (New Guinea, PNG) ASW Cophixalus tetzlaffi Bomberai rainforest frog Bomberai Peninsula (New Guinea, Indonesia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus timidus Simpson rainforest frog Mount Simpson (New Guinea, PNG) ASW IUCN Cophixalus tomaiodactylus Bowutu Mountains (New Guinea, PNG) ASW Cophixalus tridactylus Wondiwoi rainforest frog Wondiwoi Mountains (New Guinea, Indonesia) ASW IUCN Cophixalus variabilis Pekopekowana rainforest frog south-eastern Papua New Guinea ASW IUCN Cophixalus verecundus Myola rainforest frog Mount Bellamy (New Guinea, PNG); presumably more widely distributed ASW IUCN Cophixalus verrucosus Moroke rainforest frog southern and eastern Papua New Guinea ASW IUCN Cophixalus viridis Green rainforest frog Muller Range, Western Province, Papua New Guinea ASW Cophixalus wempi Southern Highlands Province (New Guinea, PNG) ASW Cophixalus zweifeli Cape Melville rainforest frog northern Queensland (Australia) ASW IUCN

References

External links

AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Cophixalus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: June 13, 2008). Encyclopedia of Life taxon Cophixalus at http://www.eol.org.

GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Cophixalus at https://web.archive.org/web/20080501142231/http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm