Pygmy forest frog

Short description: Species of amphibian

Pygmy forest frog

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Anura
Family:  | Ceratobatrachidae
Genus:  | Platymantis
Species:  |

P. pygmaeus

Binomial name
Platymantis pygmaeus

Alcala, Brown & Diesmos, 1998

Synonyms

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

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ "Platymantis pygmaeus: Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1998". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/5492.

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