Ctenophryne carpish

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

Phrynopus carpish Lehr, Rodriguez, and Córdova, 2002
Melanophryne carpish (Lehr, Rodriguez, and Córdova, 2002)

Ctenophryne carpish is a rare and little-known species of microhylid frog endemic to Peru. It is known from its type locality on the Cordillera de Carpish, Huánuco, and form 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 where it was initially placed. It also has no tympanic annulus and stapes.[3]

Its natural habitat is cloud forest. It lives on the ground or in bromeliads on or near the ground; it uses bromeliads for breeding. The diet consists of insects.[1]

It is threatened habitat destruction caused by agricultural expansion and firewood collection.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Edgar Lehr (2008). "Ctenophryne carpish". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2008: e.T57204A11597072. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Ctenophryne carpish (Lehr, Rodriguez, and Córdova, 2002)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. 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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