Platymantis taylori

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Platymantis taylori
Platymantis taylori (PNM 8676) from San Mariano - ZooKeys-266-001-g024.jpg
Conservation status
VU (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Platymantis
Species:
P. indeprensus
Binomial name
Platymantis indeprensus
(Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999)
Synonyms[2]
  • Platymantis taylori Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999
  • Platymantis (Lupacolus) taylori Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

Platymantis taylori is a frog. It lives in the Philippines on Luzon Island. People have seen it between 100 and 400 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

The adult male frog is about 26.6-33.0 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 30.7 to 39.8 mm long. There is no webbed skin on the front feet and only a small amount of webbed skin on the back feet. The skin on the frog's back is brown or gray-brown in color, with black spots.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 'Platymantis taylori'. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2018). p. e.T58483A58480910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T58483A58480910.en. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R.. 'Platymantis taylori Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999. Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference.American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ 'Platymantis taylori: Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999. AmphibiaWebUniversity of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ Walter C. Brown. Four new species of the genus Platymantis (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Luzon Island, Philippines.. 4th. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51 (November 23, 1999). p. 449–460. Retrieved March 20, 2023.