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Callulops kopsteini

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Callulops kopsteini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Microhylidae
Genus: Callulops
Species:
C. kopsteini
Binomial name
Callulops kopsteini
(Mertens, 1930)
Type locality in Indonesia
Type locality in Indonesia
Callulops kopsteini is only known from Sanana Island, Indonesia
Synonyms[3]
  • Hylophorbus kopsteini Mertens, 1930[2]
  • Metopostira kopsteini (Mertens, 1930)
  • Phrynomantis kopsteini (Mertens, 1930)

Callulops kopsteini is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. The species is endemic to Sanana Island, Indonesia.[1][3]

Etymology

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The specific name kopsteini honours Felix Kopstein, Austrian physician and naturalist who collected the type series in 1924.[2][4] The common name Kopstein's callulops frog has been coined for this species.[3][4]

Description

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The type series of C. kopsteini consists of two adult males measuring in snout-to-vent length (SVL) 41–42 mm (1.6–1.7 in) and an adult female measuring 45 mm (1.8 in) SVL. The overall appearance is stocky. The head is somewhat wider than it is long. The snout is rounded but slightly protruding. The tympanum is distinct. The finger and toe tips bear small discs; webbing is absent. The skin is smooth. The upper parts are dark brown. There are two eye spots; other markings are vague. The underside is dirty gray-brown, with diffuse, light gray spots.[2]

Habitat and conservation

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C. kopsteini has not been recorded after it was first collected (i.e., 1924[2]). It presumably occurs in lowland forest. Development is assumed to be direct[1] (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage[5]).

This species is likely to be threatened by extensive logging taking place on Sanana Island. However, there is no recent information on its status.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Callulops kopsteini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T57738A71675862. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T57738A71675862.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Mertens, R. (1930). "Die von Dr. F. Kopstein auf den Molukken und einigen benachbarten Inseln gesammelten Froschlurche". Zoologische Mededelingen (in German). 13 (8): 141–150.
  3. ^ a b c Frost, Darrel R. (2019). "Callulops kopsteini (Mertens, 1930)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8. (ePub). xiii + 244 pp. (Callulops kopsteini, p. 115).
  5. ^ Vitt, Laurie J.; Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Academic Press. p. 166.