Platymantis spelaeus
The cave wrinkled ground frog (Platymantis spelaeus) is a frog. It lives in the Philippines on Negros Island. It lives in forests and in caves in limestone rock. Scientists have seen it between 20 and 400 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]
| Platymantis spelaeus | |
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| Conservation status | |
Endangered (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Genus: | Platymantis |
| Species: | P. spelaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platymantis spelaeus (Brown and Alcala, 1982)
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Appearance
The adult female frog is 52.8-60.5 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult male frog is 41.5-46.9 mm long. The skin on the frog's back is dark green or brown in color, with brown marks. There are dark marks on the tops of the back legs. The insides of the back legs are orange or light purple in color. The belly is almost white and sometimes has brown spots.[3]
Threats
Sickness can kill this frog. Human beings change the places where it lives by cutting trees down.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Cave Wrinkled Ground Frog: Platymantis spelaeus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T17520A58473230. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T17520A58473230.en. 17520. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Platymantis spelaeus Brown and Alcala, 1982". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Zaina Khan (November 4, 2004). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Platymantis spelaeus: Brown & Alcala, 1982". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 4, 2023.