Copiula
Genus of amphibians
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Copiula is a genus of microhylid frogs endemic to New Guinea. The common name Mehely frogs has been coined for them.[1] They are leaf-litter inhabitants.[2]
| Copiula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Microhylidae |
| Subfamily: | Asterophryinae |
| Genus: | Copiula Méhelÿ, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Phrynixalus oxyrhinus Boulenger, 1898 | |
| Species | |
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14 species (see text) | |
Taxonomy
Copiula is probably not monophyletic. Some former Austrochaperina species have already been transferred to this genus, and further ones might follow when more data became available.[1][3]
Species
There are at present 14 species in this genus:[1]
- Copiula alpestris (Zweifel, 2000)
- Copiula annanoreenae Günther, Richards, and Dahl, 2014
- Copiula derongo (Zweifel, 2000)
- Copiula exspectata Günther, 2002
- Copiula fistulans Menzies and Tyler, 1977 — Lae Mehely Frog
- Copiula guttata (Zweifel, 2000)
- Copiula lennarti Günther, Richards, and Dahl, 2014
- Copiula major Günther, 2002
- Copiula minor Menzies and Tyler, 1977 — Milne Bay Mehely Frog
- Copiula obsti Günther, 2002
- Copiula oxyrhina (Boulenger, 1898) — Misima Island Mehely Frog
- Copiula pipiens Burton and Stocks, 1986 — Wirui Mehely Frog
- Copiula rivularis (Zweifel, 2000)
- Copiula tyleri Burton, 1990 — Sepik Mehely Frog
The AmphibiaWeb[4] reports fewer species, with species that Peloso and colleagues moved in 2016 from Austrochaperina and Oxydactyla missing.[3]
