Biology:Platymantis quezoni
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Short description: Species of frog
Platymantis quezoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Ceratobatrachidae |
Genus: | Platymantis |
Species: | P. quezoni
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Binomial name | |
Platymantis quezoni Brown, De Layola, Lorenzo, Diesmos & Diesmos, 2015
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Platymantis quezoni is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Philippines . Its type locality is in the Quezon Protected Landscape, where it is found in limestone karst habitats. It may also be found in limestone karst habitats in Bondoc Peninsula.[2][3][4]
The adult male frog measures 22.1-33.9 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog 32.4-39.7 mm. It is tan to brown in color with darker marks. It lives in karst-rich habitats.[5]
Other Platymantis species dwelling in limestone karst habitats are Platymantis bayani, Platymantis biak, Platymantis insulatus, Platymantis paengi, and Platymantis spelaea.
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Platymantis quezoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T87739576A176955276. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T87739576A176955276.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87739576/176955276. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R.. "Platymantis quezoni Brown, De Layola, Lorenzo, Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2015". American Museum of Natural History, New York. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Ceratobatrachidae/Ceratobatrachinae/Platymantis/Platymantis-quezoni.
- ↑ "Platymantis quezoni: Brown, De Layola, Lorenzo, Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2015". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/8401.
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). Platymantis quezoni. 3.1. p. e.T87739576A176955276. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T87739576A176955276.en. 87739576. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/87739576/176955276. 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. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26624745/. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
Wikidata ☰ Q22009361 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platymantis quezoni.
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