Platymantis

Platymantis
	Fiji tree frog (Platymantis vitiensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ceratobatrachidae
Subfamily:	Ceratobatrachinae
Genus:	Platymantis; Günther, 1858
Type species
	Halophila vitiensis; Girard, 1853

Platymantis is a genus of frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae. They are commonly known as wrinkled ground frogs, ground frogs,^[1]^[2] and forest frogs.

As currently defined, Platymantis is a large genus with up to as many as 60 species found mostly in the Philippines. However, it is known to be paraphyletic. Solving this problem will likely lead to a more narrowly defined Platymantis, possibly by transferring some species to a larger Ceratobatrachus (with Batrachylodes).^[1]

Species[edit]

There are currently at least 30 extant species in this genus.^[1] Brown, et al. (2015)^[3] estimates that there may be a total of 50-60 species in Platymantis if all cryptic species were to be described.

Platymantis banahao Brown, Alcala, Diesmos & Alcala, 1997
Platymantis bayani Siler, Alcala, Diesmos, and Brown, 2009
Platymantis biak Siler, Diesmos, Linkem, Diesmos, and Brown, 2010
Platymantis cagayanensis Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999
Platymantis cornutus (Taylor, 1922)
Platymantis corrugatus (Duméril, 1853)
Platymantis diesmosi Brown & Gonzalez, 2007
Platymantis dorsalis (Duméril, 1853)
Platymantis guentheri (Boulenger, 1882)
Platymantis hazelae (Taylor, 1920)
Platymantis indeprensus Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999
Platymantis insulatus Brown & Alcala, 1970
Platymantis isarog Brown, Brown, Alcala & Frost, 1997
Platymantis lawtoni Brown & Alcala, 1974
Platymantis levigatus Brown & Alcala, 1974
Platymantis luzonensis Brown, Alcala, Diesmos & Alcala, 1997
Platymantis mimulus Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1997
Platymantis montanus (Taylor, 1922)
Platymantis naomii Alcala, Brown & Diesmos, 1998
Platymantis negrosensis Brown, Alcala, Diesmos & Alcala, 1997
Platymantis paengi Siler et al., 2007
Platymantis panayensis Brown, Brown & Alcala, 1997
Platymantis polillensis (Taylor, 1922)
Platymantis pseudodorsalis Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999
Platymantis pygmaeus Alcala, Brown & Diesmos, 1998
Platymantis quezoni Brown, Layola, Lorenzo, Diesmos & Diesmos, 2015
Platymantis rabori Brown, Alcala, Diesmos & Alcala, 1997
Platymantis sierramadrensis Brown, Alcala, Ong & Diesmos, 1999
Platymantis spelaeus Brown & Alcala, 1982
Platymantis subterrestris (Taylor, 1922)
Platymantis taylori Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999

In addition, there is an extinct species:

Platymantis megabotoniviti, Giant Fiji ground frog^[4]

Species moved to genus Cornufer[edit]

Brown, et al. (2015)^[3] moved the Platymantis species of Oceania into the newly proposed genus Cornufer. Species in the Philippines remained in Platymantis.

Cornufer aculeodactylus Brown, 1952
Cornufer admiraltiensis Richards, Mack & Austin, 2007
Cornufer akarithymus Brown & Tyler, 1968
Cornufer batantae Zweifel, 1969
Cornufer bimaculatus Günther, 1999
Cornufer boulengeri (Boettger, 1892)
Cornufer browni Allison & Kraus, 2001
Cornufer bufonulus Kraus and Allison, 2007
Cornufer caesiops Kraus and Allison, 2009
Cornufer cheesmanae Parker, 1940
Cornufer citrinospilus Brown, Richards, and Broadhead, 2013
Cornufer cryptotis Günther, 1999
Cornufer desticans Brown & Richards, 2008
Cornufer gilliardi Zweifel, 1960
Cornufer guppyi (Boulenger, 1884)
Cornufer latro Richards, Mack & Austin, 2007
Cornufer macrops (Brown, 1965)
Cornufer macrosceles Zweifel, 1975
Cornufer magnus Brown & Menzies, 1979 (synonym: Platymantis magna)
Cornufer mamusiorum Foufopoulos and Brown, 2004
Cornufer manus Kraus and Allison, 2009
Cornufer mimica Brown & Tyler, 1968
Cornufer nakanaiorum Brown, Foufopoulos, and Richards, 2006
Cornufer neckeri (Brown & Myers, 1949)
Cornufer nexipus Zweifel, 1975
Cornufer papuensis Meyer, 1875
Cornufer parilis Brown & Richards, 2008
Cornufer parkeri (Brown, 1965)
Cornufer pelewensis Peters, 1867
Cornufer punctatus Peters & Doria, 1878
Cornufer schmidti Brown & Tyler, 1968
Cornufer solomonis (Boulenger, 1884)
Cornufer sulcatus Kraus and Allison, 2007
Cornufer vitianus (Duméril, 1853)
Cornufer vitiensis (Girard, 1853)
Cornufer weberi Schmidt, 1932
Cornufer wuenscheorum Günther, 2006

Endemic ranges[edit]

Many Platymantis species are endemic to highly restricted geographical areas within the Philippines.

Widespread
- Platymantis corrugatus
- Platymantis dorsalis
Luzon
- Northern Luzon
  - Platymantis cagayanensis: Palaui Island; NE Luzon
  - Platymantis sierramadrensis: Sierra Madre
  - Platymantis taylori: Sierra Madre
  - Platymantis cornutus: Cordillera Central (Luzon)
  - Platymantis subterrestris: Cordillera Central (Luzon)
  - Platymantis pygmaeus: northern Luzon
- Central Luzon
- Bicol Region
  - Platymantis isarog: Mount Isarog
  - Platymantis diesmosi: Malinao Volcano
  - Platymantis luzonensis: SE Luzon
Visayas
- Platymantis lawtoni: Romblon
- Platymantis levigata: Romblon
- Platymantis insulatus: South Gigante Island near Panay
- Platymantis paengi: Pandan, Antique, Panay
- Platymantis panayensis: Panay
- Platymantis negrosensis: Panay; Negros
- Platymantis hazelae: Negros
- Platymantis spelaea: southern Negros
- Platymantis bayani: Taft, Eastern Samar
- Platymantis rabori: Bohol; Leyte; Mindanao
- Platymantis guentheri: Bohol; Leyte; Mindanao

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Platymantis Günther, 1858". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
^ "Platymantis Günther, 1858". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
^ ^a ^b Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Richards, Stephen J.; Diesmos, Arvin C.; Cannatella, David C. (2015). "Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for Southeast Asian and Melanesian forest frogs (family Ceratobatrachidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (1): 130–168. doi:10.1111/zoj.12232.
^ "Platymantis megabotoniviti; holotype (a) paratypes (b-h)". Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 18 July 2010.

External links[edit]

BITC / Species Descriptions - Example Platymantis

[frost-1] Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Platymantis Günther, 1858". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

[2] "Platymantis Günther, 1858". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[BrownEtAl2015-3] Brown, Rafe M.; Siler, Cameron D.; Richards, Stephen J.; Diesmos, Arvin C.; Cannatella, David C. (2015). "Multilocus phylogeny and a new classification for Southeast Asian and Melanesian forest frogs (family Ceratobatrachidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (1): 130–168. doi:10.1111/zoj.12232.

[4] "Platymantis megabotoniviti; holotype (a) paratypes (b-h)". Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 18 July 2010.

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