Platymantis

Platymantis
Fiji tree frog (Platymantis vitiensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ceratobatrachidae
Genus:	Platymantis Günther, 1858
Type species
Halophila vitiensis Girard, 1853

Platymantis is a genus of frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae. They are commonly known as wrinkled ground frogs, ground frogs,^[1][2] and forest frogs.

As currently defined, Platymantis is a large genus with 70 species found in the Philippines, Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and in the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands. However, it is known to be paraphyletic. Solving this problem will likely lead to a more narrowly defined Platymantis, possibly by transferring some species to a larger Ceratobatrachus (with Batrachylodes).^[1]

Species

There are currently 70 extant species in this genus:^[1]

• Platymantis acrochorda (Brown, 1965)
• Platymantis aculeodactyla Brown, 1952
• Platymantis adiastola Brown et al., 2006
• Platymantis admiraltiensis Richards, Mack & Austin, 2007
• Platymantis akarithyma Brown & Tyler, 1968
• Platymantis banahao Brown, Alcala, Diesmos & Alcala, 1997
• Platymantis batantae Zweifel, 1969
• Platymantis bayani Siler, Alcala, Diesmos, and Brown, 2009
• Platymantis biak Siler, Diesmos, Linkem, Diesmos, and Brown, 2010
• Platymantis bimaculatus Günther, 1999
• Platymantis boulengeri (Boettger, 1892)
• Platymantis browni Allison & Kraus, 2001
• Platymantis bufonulus Kraus and Allison, 2007
• Platymantis caesiops Kraus and Allison, 2009
• Platymantis cagayanensis Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999
• Platymantis cheesmanae Parker, 1940
• Platymantis citrinospilus Brown, Richards, and Broadhead, 2013
• Platymantis cornutus (Taylor, 1922)
• Platymantis corrugatus (Duméril, 1853)
• Platymantis cryptotis Günther, 1999
• Platymantis desticans Brown & Richards, 2008
• Platymantis diesmosi Brown & Gonzalez, 2007
• Platymantis dorsalis (Duméril, 1853)
• Platymantis gilliardi Zweifel, 1960
• Platymantis guentheri (Boulenger, 1882)
• Platymantis guppyi (Boulenger, 1884)
• Platymantis hazelae (Taylor, 1920)
• Platymantis indeprensus Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999
• Platymantis insulatus Brown & Alcala, 1970
• Platymantis isarog Brown, Brown, Alcala & Frost, 1997
• Platymantis latro Richards, Mack & Austin, 2007
• Platymantis lawtoni Brown & Alcala, 1974
• Platymantis levigata Brown & Alcala, 1974
• Platymantis luzonensis Brown, Alcala, Diesmos & Alcala, 1997
• Platymantis macrops (Brown, 1965)
• Platymantis macrosceles Zweifel, 1975
• Platymantis magna Brown & Menzies, 1979
• Platymantis mamusiorum Foufopoulos and Brown, 2004
• Platymantis manus Kraus and Allison, 2009
• Platymantis mimica Brown & Tyler, 1968
• Platymantis mimula Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1997
• Platymantis montanus (Taylor, 1922)
• Platymantis myersi Brown, 1949
• Platymantis nakanaiorum Brown, Foufopoulos, and Richards, 2006
• Platymantis naomii Alcala, Brown & Diesmos, 1998
• Platymantis neckeri (Brown & Myers, 1949)
• Platymantis negrosensis Brown, Alcala, Diesmos & Alcala, 1997
• Platymantis nexipus Zweifel, 1975
• Platymantis paengi Siler et al., 2007
• Platymantis panayensis Brown, Brown & Alcala, 1997
• Platymantis papuensis Meyer, 1875
• Platymantis parilis Brown & Richards, 2008
• Platymantis parkeri (Brown, 1965)
• Platymantis pelewensis Peters, 1867
• Platymantis polillensis (Taylor, 1922)
• Platymantis pseudodorsalis Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999
• Platymantis punctatus Peters & Doria, 1878
• Platymantis pygmaeus Alcala, Brown & Diesmos, 1998
• Platymantis rabori Brown, Alcala, Diesmos & Alcala, 1997
• Platymantis schmidti Brown & Tyler, 1968
• Platymantis sierramadrensis Brown, Alcala, Ong & Diesmos, 1999
• Platymantis solomonis (Boulenger, 1884)
• Platymantis spelaea Brown & Alcala, 1982
• Platymantis subterrestris (Taylor, 1922)
• Platymantis sulcatus Kraus and Allison, 2007
• Platymantis taylori Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1999
• Platymantis vitianus (Duméril, 1853)
• Platymantis vitiensis (Girard, 1853)
• Platymantis weberi Schmidt, 1932
• Platymantis wuenscheorum Günther, 2006

In addition, there is an extinct species:

• Platymantis megabotoniviti, Giant Fiji ground frog^[3]

References

1. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Platymantis Günther, 1858". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
2. "Platymantis Günther, 1858". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
3. "Platymantis megabotoniviti; holotype (a) paratypes (b-h)". Collections Online. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 18 July 2010.