Platymantis banahao Brown, Alcala, Diesmos, and Alcala, 1997

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

Platymantis banahao Brown, Alcala, Diesmos, and Alcala, 1997, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 50: 15. Holotype: CAS 201208, by original designation. Type locality: "original forest at 1100 m on the NE slope of Mt. Banahao at Lucban, Quezon Province, Luzon Island", Philippines.

Platymantis (Lahatnanguri) banahao — Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 174: 145. 

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Mount Banahao Massif, southern Luzon Island, Philippines, 700-1700 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 photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 493.

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