Michaël P.J. Nicolaï, Sara Porchetta, Jonathan R. Clegg, Peter N. Taylor, Merlijn M.T. Jocque
Journal of Vertebrate Biology 71 (22053), 22053.1-9, (9 December 2022) https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.22053
KEYWORDS: Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, manus, Ceratobatrachidae
Manus Island is part of the Admiralty Islands, a herpetologically rich but poorly studied area. Seven species of Cornufer (von Tschudi, 1838) are known to occur on the island, five of which have been described. Based on material collected from Manus Island in 2014, we here describe the first female of Cornufer manus and the first male of Cornufer vogti. Additionally, we provide new information on intraspecific variation from a further eight adult males of C. manus, two subadults of C. vogti, as well as the first photographs of both species in life.