Cophixalus Boettger, 1892
Cophixalus Boettger, 1892, Kat. Batr. Samml. Mus. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges.: 24. Type species: Sphenophryne verrucosa Boulenger, 1898, by subsequent designation of the Opinion 1266, Anonymous, 1984, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 41: 12-14 (see comment).
Phrynixalus Boettger, 1895, Zool. Anz., 18: 133. Type species: Phrynixalus montanus Boettger, 1895, by monotypy. Synonymy by Parker, 1934, Monogr. Frogs Fam. Microhylidae: 170.
English Names
Rainforest Frogs (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 88).
Distribution
Moluccan Is.; New Guinea; northeastern Queensland, Australia.
Comment
Menzies, Tyler, and Zweifel, 1980, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 36: 231-235, showed that the type species (by monotypy) of Cophixalus Boettger, Cophixalus geislerorum, belongs to the genus Oreophryne as these genera currently are understood. In response to the petition of Menzies, Tyler, and Zweifel, 1980, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 36: 231-235, the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion 1266, Anonymous, 1984, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 41: 12-14, designated Sphenophryne verrucosa Boulenger, 1898, as the type species of Cophixalus and placed Cophixalus on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. Australian species taxonomy and literature reviewed by Cogger, Cameron, and Cogger, 1983, Zool. Cat. Aust., Amph. Rept., 1: 52-53. See Zweifel, 1985, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 182: 265-388, for review. Hoskin, 2004, Aust. J. Zool., 52: 237-269, provided a molecular tree of the Australian species as well as revisory comments on several species. Köhler and Günther, 2008, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 47: 353-365, suggested on the basis of molecular evidence that Cophixalus is polyphyletic with (1) Cophixalus sphagnicolus being the sister taxon of Albericus + Choerophryne and (2) Cophixalus balbus being the sister taxon of Barygenys and a group containing at least Cophixalus humicola and Cophixalus tridactylus forming the sister taxon of that inclusive group. Pyron and Wiens, 2011, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 61: 543-583, in their study of Genbank sequences, came to somewhat different results. Hoskin, 2008, Mem. Queensland Mus., 52: 233-237, provided a key to the species of Australia. Kraus, 2010, ZooKeys, 48: 39-59, noted the lack of evidence for monophyly of Cophixalus and discussed this in light of recognition of other nominal genera.
Contained taxa
- Cophixalus aenigma Hoskin, 2004
- Cophixalus albolineatus Kraus, 2012
- Cophixalus amabilis Kraus, 2012
- Cophixalus ateles (Boulenger, 1898)
- Cophixalus australis Hoskin, 2012
- Cophixalus balbus Günther, 2003
- Cophixalus bewaniensis Kraus and Allison, 2000
- Cophixalus biroi (Méhely, 1901)
- Cophixalus bombiens Zweifel, 1985
- Cophixalus caverniphilus Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Cophixalus cheesmanae Parker, 1934
- Cophixalus clapporum Kraus, 2012
- Cophixalus concinnus Tyler, 1979
- Cophixalus crepitans Zweifel, 1985
- Cophixalus cryptotympanum Zweifel, 1956
- Cophixalus cupricarenus Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Cophixalus daymani Zweifel, 1956
- Cophixalus desticans Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Cophixalus exiguus Zweifel and Parker, 1969
- Cophixalus hinchinbrookensis Hoskin, 2012
- Cophixalus hosmeri Zweifel, 1985
- Cophixalus humicola Günther, 2006
- Cophixalus infacetus Zweifel, 1985
- Cophixalus interruptus Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Cophixalus iovaorum Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Cophixalus kaindiensis Zweifel, 1979
- Cophixalus kethuk Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Cophixalus kulakula Hoskin and Aland, 2011
- Cophixalus linnaeus Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Cophixalus mcdonaldi Zweifel, 1985
- Cophixalus melanops Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Cophixalus misimae Richards and Oliver, 2007
- Cophixalus monosyllabus Günther, 2010
- Cophixalus montanus (Boettger, 1895)
- Cophixalus monticola Richards, Dennis, Trenerry, and Werren, 1994
- Cophixalus neglectus Zweifel, 1962
- Cophixalus nexipus Kraus, 2012
- Cophixalus nubicola Zweifel, 1962
- Cophixalus ornatus (Fry, 1912)
- Cophixalus pakayakulangun Hoskin and Aland, 2011
- Cophixalus parkeri Loveridge, 1948
- Cophixalus peninsularis Zweifel, 1985
- Cophixalus phaeobalius Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Cophixalus pictus Kraus, 2012
- Cophixalus pipilans Zweifel, 1980
- Cophixalus pulchellus Kraus and Allison, 2000
- Cophixalus riparius Zweifel, 1962
- Cophixalus saxatilis Zweifel and Parker, 1977
- Cophixalus shellyi Zweifel, 1956
- Cophixalus sphagnicola Zweifel and Allison, 1982
- Cophixalus tagulensis Zweifel, 1963
- Cophixalus tenuidactylus Günther and Richards, 2012
- Cophixalus tetzlaffi Günther, 2003
- Cophixalus timidus Kraus and Allison, 2006
- Cophixalus tomaiodactylus Kraus and Allison, 2009
- Cophixalus tridactylus Günther, 2006
- Cophixalus variabilis Kraus and Allison, 2006
- Cophixalus verecundus Zweifel and Parker, 1989
- Cophixalus verrucosus (Boulenger, 1898)
- Cophixalus wempi Richards and Oliver, 2010
- Cophixalus zweifeli Davies and McDonald, 1998
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