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Platymantis hazelae (Taylor, 1920)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ceratobatrachidae > Genus: Platymantis

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Philautus hazelae Taylor, 1920, Philipp. J. Sci., 16: 298. Holotype: CM 3427 (formerly EHT F293), according to McCoy and Richmond, 1966, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 38: 247. Type locality: "at an elevation of about 1,000 meters, on Canlaon Volcano, central northern Negros", Philippines.

Cornufer rivularis Taylor, 1922, Philipp. J. Sci., 21: 270. Holotype: CAS 61477 (formerly EHT 761) according to Slevin and Leviton, 1956, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 28: 536. Type locality: "Balbalan, Kaling Subprovince, northern Luzon", Philippines. Synonymy by Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 367. Synonymy considered provisional by Brown, Brown, and Alcala, 1997, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 49: 408.

Rhacophorus (Philautus) hazelae — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 67.

Platymantis hazelae — Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 367-370.

Cornufer hazelae — Brown, 1965, Breviora, 218: 2.

Platymantis hazelae — Zweifel, 1967, Copeia, 1967: 120. By reference to Brown, 1965, Breviora, 218: 2-3.

English Names

Hazel's Wrinkled Ground Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 104).

Distribution

Mountains of Negros and Masbate Islands, Philippines, 600-1700 m elevation.

Comment

See Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 367-370, and Brown, Brown, and Alcala, 1997, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 49: 408, for synonymy and account. See comment under Philautus ocellatus. In the Platymantis hazelae group of Alcala and Brown, 1999, Philipp. J. Sci., 128: 283. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 494. Siler, Welton, Siler, Brown, Bucol, Diesmos, and Brown, 2011, Check List, 7: 182-195, reported an unnamed species in this group from Aurora Province, Luzon Island, Philippines.

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