Platymantis luzonensis Brown, Alcala, Diesmos, and Alcala, 1997

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ceratobatrachidae > Subfamily: Ceratobatrachinae > Genus: Platymantis > Species: Platymantis luzonensis

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.

Platymantis (Tahananpuno) luzonensis — Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 174: 146. 

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Rainforests of Mount Maquiling and Mount Banahao, southern Luzon, Philippines, at ca. 600 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Philippines

Endemic: Philippines

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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