Platymantis taylori

Platymantis taylori
VU (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Platymantis
Species:
P. indeprensus
Binomial name
Platymantis indeprensus
(Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999)
Synonyms[2]
  • Platymantis taylori Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999
  • Platymantis (Lupacolus) taylori Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

Platymantis taylori is a frog. It lives in the Philippines on Luzon Island. People have seen it between 100 and 400 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

The adult male frog is about 26.6-33.0 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 30.7 to 39.8 mm long. There is no webbed skin on the front feet and only a small amount of webbed skin on the back feet. The skin on the frog's back is brown or gray-brown in color, with black spots.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Platymantis taylori". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T58483A58480910. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T58483A58480910.en. 58483. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Platymantis taylori Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Platymantis taylori: Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ Walter C. Brown; Angel C. Alcala; Arvin C. Diesmos (November 23, 1999). "Four new species of the genus Platymantis (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Luzon Island, Philippines" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Full text). 4th. 51: 449–460. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.