Platymantis megabotoniviti
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| Platymantis megabotoniviti Temporal range: Pleistocene–Holocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Platymantis |
| Species: | P. megabotoniviti |
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| Platymantis megabotoniviti Worthy, 2001 | |
Platymantis megabotoniviti is an extinct species of frog in the family Ranidae. The species was described[1] from bones of late Quaternary age from caves on Viti Levu, Fiji. P. megabotoniviti is much larger than the other two species of Platymantis known from Fiji, P. vitianus and P. vitiensis.
References
- ↑ WORTHY, TREVOR H. (2001). "A New Species of Platymantis (Anura: Ranidae) from Quaternary Deposits On Viti Levu, Fiji". Palaeontology 44 (4): 665–680. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00197.
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