Cophixalus aenigma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Asterophryinae
Genus: Cophixalus
Species: Cophixalus aenigma

Name

Cophixalus aenigma Hoskin, 2004: 241

• Holotype: QM J79446.
• Type locality: “summit of Thornton Peak (16°10′S, 145°22′20 E), north-east Queensland, 1300 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Hoskin, C.J. 2004. Australian microhylid frogs (Cophixalus and Austrochaperina): phylogeny, taxonomy, calls, distributions and breeding biology. Australian Journal of Zoology 52(3): 237–269. DOI: 10.1071/ZO03056 PDF

Links

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2023. IUCN: Cophixalus aenigma  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T57769A78428242. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T57769A78428242.en. Accessed on 20 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Thornton Rainforest Frog