Platymantis quezoni
species of amphibian
The Quezon limestone forest frog (Platymantis quezoni) is a frog. It lives in the Philippines on Luzon Island. Scientists have seen it in one place: the Bicol Peninsula. But they think it may live in other places too.[2][3][1]
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DD (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. quezoni
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| Platymantis quezoni (Brown, De Layola, Lorenzo, Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2015)
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The adult male frog is 22.1-33.9 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 32.4-39.7 mm long. It is tan to brown in color with darker marks. It lives in places where there is limestone karst rock in the ground.[4]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Platymantis quezoni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T87739576A176955276. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T87739576A176955276.en. 87739576. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Platymantis quezoni Brown, De Layola, Lorenzo, Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2015". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ↑ "Platymantis quezoni: Brown, De Layola, Lorenzo, Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2015". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ↑ Brown RM; de Layola LA; Lorenzo II A; Diesmos MLL; Diesmos AC (2015). "A new species of limestone karst inhabiting forest frog, genus Platymantis (Amphibia: Anura: Ceratobatrachidae: subgenus Lupacolus) from southern Luzon Island, Philippines". Zootaxa. 4048 (2): 191–210. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4048.2.3. PMID 26624745. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
