Platymantis taylori

Platymantis taylori
Platymantis taylori
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Platymantis
Species: P. taylori
Binomial name
Platymantis taylori
Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999

Platymantis taylori is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and is known from the Sierra Madre of northeastern Luzon.[2]

Etymology

The specific name taylori honors Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978), an American herpetologist.[3]

Habitat and conservation

Its natural habitats are lower montane and lowland forests where it lives in the forest floor stratum. It breeds and makes its nest in leaf-litter. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agriculture and logging.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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 taylori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T58483A11775499. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Platymantis taylori Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1999". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. pp. 331–332. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.
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