Ctenophryne carpish

Ctenophryne carpish is a rare and little-known species of microhylid frogs endemic to Peru. It is known from its type locality on the Cordillera de Carpish, Huánuco, and from near Juanjuí in the San Martín Region.[1][2] It lacks eardrums, and at a cursory glance it resembles leptodactylid frogs of the genus Phrynopus, in which it was initially placed.[4]

Ctenophryne carpish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Ctenophryne
Species:
C. carpish
Binomial name
Ctenophryne carpish
(Lehr, Rodríguez, and Córdova, 2002)
Synonyms[2]

Phrynopus carpish Lehr, Rodríguez, and Córdova, 2002[3]
Melanophryne carpish (Lehr, Rodríguez, and Córdova, 2002)

Habitat and conservation

Male Ctenophryne carpish measure 29 mm (1.1 in) (based on a single specimen) and females 34–35 mm (1.3–1.4 in) in snout–vent length.[4] The body is stout[4] and the head is short. The eyes are large.[3] The tympanum is absent, as is tympanic annulus and stapes. Dorsal skin is smooth in females but finely areolate in males. The dorsum is black with green blotches. The venter is black but there are orange blotches on throat and chest.[4] The tips of digits are slightly swollen. The toes have basal webbing and lateral fringes.[3]

Habitat and conservation

Natural habitat of Ctenophryne carpish is cloud forest at elevations of 2,750–2,960 m (9,020–9,710 ft) above sea level. It lives on the ground or in bromeliads on or near the ground; it uses bromeliads for breeding. The diet consists of arthropods.[1][4]

Ctenophryne carpish is a rare or secretive species, possibly both. It is threatened by habitat destruction caused by agricultural expansion and firewood collection.[1]

References
  1. Edgar Lehr (2008). "Ctenophryne carpish". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T57204A11597072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T57204A11597072.en.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Ctenophryne carpish (Lehr, Rodriguez, and Córdova, 2002)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. Lehr, Edgar; Rodríguez, Daniel; Córdova, Jesus H. (2002). "A new species of Phrynopus (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) from the Cordillera de Carpish (Departamento de Huanuco, Peru)". Zoologische Abhandlungen. 52: 65–70.
  4. Lehr, Edgar; Trueb, Linda (2007). "Diversity among New World microhylid frogs (Anura: Microhylidae): morphological and osteological comparisons between Nelsonophryne (Günther 1901) and a new genus from Peru". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 149 (4): 583–609. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00270.x.
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