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.
As of December 2019, Amphibian Species of the World assigns 67 species to the genus Cophixalus.[1]
The source column gives direct links to the sources used:
- Extinct, - Extinct in the Wild
- Critically Endangered, - Endangered, - Vulnerable
- Near Threatened, - Least Concern
- Data Deficient, - Not Evaluated
| Binomial name and authority | Common name | Geographic range | 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 [2] | 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 [3] | |||
| 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 | |