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Species of frog
Platymantis quezoni is a species of
frog in the family
Ceratobatrachidae . It is
endemic to the
Philippines . Its type locality is in the
Quezon Protected Landscape , where it is found in limestone
karst habitats. It may also be found in limestone
karst habitats in
Bondoc Peninsula .
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The adult male frog measures 22.1-33.9 mm in
snout-vent length and the adult female frog 32.4-39.7 mm. It is tan to brown in color with darker marks. It lives in karst-rich habitats.
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Other
Platymantis species dwelling in limestone
karst habitats are
Platymantis bayani ,
Platymantis biak ,
Platymantis insulatus ,
Platymantis paengi , and
Platymantis spelaea .
References
^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020).
"Platymantis quezoni " .
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 : e.T87739576A176955276.
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T87739576A176955276.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021 .
^
Frost, Darrel R.
"Platymantis quezoni Brown, De Layola, Lorenzo, Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2015" . Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference . Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved April 6, 2023 .
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"Platymantis quezoni : Brown, De Layola, Lorenzo, Diesmos, and Diesmos, 2015" . AmphibiaWeb . University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved April 6, 2023 .
^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020).
"Platymantis quezoni " . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 3.1: e.T87739576A176955276.
doi :
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T87739576A176955276.en . 87739576. Retrieved April 6, 2023 .
^ Brown RM; de Layola LA; Lorenzo II A; Diesmos MLL; Diesmos AC (2015).
"A new species of limestone karst inhabiting forest frog, genus Platymantis (Amphibia: Anura: Ceratobatrachidae: subgenus Lupacolus) from southern Luzon Island, Philippines" . Zootaxa . 4048 (2): 191–210.
doi :
10.11646/zootaxa.4048.2.3 .
PMID
26624745 . Retrieved April 6, 2023 .