Platymantis luzonensis Brown, Alcala, Diesmos, and Alcala, 1997
Platymantis luzonensis Brown, Alcala, Diesmos, and Alcala, 1997, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 50: 11. Holotype: CAS 196368, by original designation. Type locality: "forest at about 600 m elevation, Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon Island", Philippines.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Rainforests of Mount Maquiling and Mount Banahao, southern Luzon, Philippines, at ca. 600 m elevation.
Comment
Confused with Platymantis guentheri prior to its description. In the Platymantis guentheri group of Brown, Alcala, Diesmos, and Alcala, 1997, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 50: 1-20. See statement of geographic range, habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 630.
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