Horned forest frog
| Platymantis cornutus | |
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| Platymantis cornutus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ceratobatrachidae |
| Genus: | Platymantis |
| Species: | P. cornutus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platymantis cornutus (Taylor, 1922) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Platymantis cornuta (unjustified emendation) | |
The horned forest frog or horned wrinkled ground frog (Platymantis cornutus) is a species of frog in the Ceratobatrachidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, tropical moist montane forests, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- Diesmos, A., Alcala, A., Brown, R., Afuang, L., Gee, G., Hampson, K., Diesmos, M.L., Mallari, A., Ong, P., Ubaldo, D.& Gutierrez, B. 2004. Platymantis cornutus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
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