Platymantis insulatus
species of amphibian
The Gigante wrinkled ground frog (Platymantis insulatus) is a frog. It lives in the Philippines on South Gigante Island. It lives in forests where there is limestone in the ground.[2][3][1]
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Critically Endangered (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Genus: | Platymantis |
| Species: | P. insulatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platymantis insulatus (Brown and Alcala, 1970)
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The adult frog is 38 to 42 mm long from nose to rear end.[3]
This frog is in danger of dying out because of global climate change and because humans change the places where it lives.[3]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Gigante Wrinkled Ground Frog: Platymantis insulatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T17519A58473068. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T17519A58473068.en. 17519. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Platymantis insulatus (Brown and Alcala, 1970)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pierre Fidenci (July 11, 2009). "Platymantis insulatus (Brown and Alcala, 1970)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
