Platymantis Explained

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

There are currently at least 30 extant species in this genus.^[1] Brown, et al. (2015)^[2] estimates that there may be a total of 50-60 species in Platymantis if all cryptic species were to be described.

In addition, there is an extinct species:

• Platymantis megabotoniviti, Giant Fiji ground frog^[3]

Species moved to genus Cornufer

Brown, et al. (2015)^[2] 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

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
    • Platymantis biak: Biak-na-Bato National Park
    • Platymantis polillensis: Polillo Island; Aurora Province
    • Platymantis mimula: Mount Makiling
    • Platymantis banahao: Mount Banahaw
    • Platymantis indeprensus: Mount Banahaw
    • Platymantis montanus: Mount Banahaw
    • Platymantis naomii: Mount Banahaw
    • Platymantis pseudodorsalis: Mount Banahaw
    • Platymantis quezoni: Quezon Protected Landscape
  • 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

External links

• BITC / Species Descriptions - Example Platymantis

Notes and References

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