Pygmy forest frog
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of amphibian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Ceratobatrachidae |
| Genus: | Platymantis |
| Species: | P. pygmaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platymantis pygmaeus Alcala, Brown & Diesmos, 1998
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| Synonyms | |
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Platymantis pygmaea (unjustified emendation) | |
The pygmy forest frog (Platymantis pygmaeus) is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Philippines . It occurs in the Central Cordilleras and Sierra Madres of northern Luzon, and possibly also on Sibuyan Island. Scientists have seen it between 400 and 1000 meters above sea level.[2][3]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Platymantis pygmaeus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T29450A58475699. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T29450A58475699.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29450/58475699. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R.. "Platymantis pygmaeus Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1998". American Museum of Natural History, New York. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Ceratobatrachidae/Ceratobatrachinae/Platymantis/Platymantis-pygmaeus.
- ↑ "Platymantis pygmaeus: Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1998". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/5492.
Wikidata ☰ Q2246816 entry
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