Platymantis spelaeus Brown and Alcala, 1982
Platymantis spelaeus Brown and Alcala, 1982, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 95: 386. Holotype: CAS 153469, by original designation. Type locality: "limestone cave, Tiyabanan Barrio, Basay, southern Negros Oriental, Philippines".
Platymantis spelaea — Günther, 1999, Mitt. Mus. Naturkd. Berlin, Zool., 75: 327-328. by implication. Unjustified emendation according to Kraus and Allison, 2007, Zootaxa, 1485: 29-30.
English Names
Cave Wrinkled Ground Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 105).
Distribution
Limestone karst areas on southern Negros Island, Philippines, 20-400 m elevation.
Comment
In Platymantis dorsalis group of Alcala and Brown, 1999, Philipp. J. Sci., 128: 283. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status (as Platymantis spelaea) in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 498.
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