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Platymantis macrops (Brown, 1965)

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

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Cornufer macrops Brown, 1965, Breviora, 218: 7. Holotype: MCZ 41864, by original designation. Type locality: "3000 to 4000 feet, in mountains of Aresi area, south of Kunua, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands".

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

English Names

Aresi Wrinkled Ground Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 105).

Distribution

Mountains of northern Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands.

Comment

Menzies, 2006, Frogs New Guinea & Solomon Is.: 98, provided a brief account.

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