Platymantis indeprensus

species of amphibian

Platymantis indeprensus is a frog. It lives in the Philippines on Mount Banajao and Mount San Cristobal. People have seen it between 600 and 1400 meters above sea level.[1][2][3]

Platymantis indeprensus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Platymantis
Species:
P. indeprensus
Binomial name
Platymantis indeprensus
(Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999)
Synonyms[1]
  • Philautus indeprensus Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999
  • Platymantis indeprensa Günther, 1999
  • Platymantis (Lupacolus) indeprensus Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

The adult male frog is about 21.5-27.3 mm long from nose to rear end. There is no webbed skin on the front feet and only a small amount of webbed skin on the back feet. The skin on the frog's back is black-brown in color, sometimes with a lighter stripe.[4]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Platymantis indeprensus Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  2. "Platymantis indeprensus: Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Platymantis indeprensus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T58462A58480109. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T58462A58480109.en. 58454. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  4. Walter C. Brown; Angel C. Alcala; Arvin C. Diesmos (November 23, 1999). "Four new species of the genus Platymantis (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Luzon Island, Philippines" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Full text). 4th. 51: 449–460. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.