Platymantis insulatus

The Gigante wrinkled ground frog (Platymantis insulatus) is a frog. It lives in the Philippines on South Gigante Island. It lives in forests where there is limestone in the ground.[2][3][1]

Platymantis insulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Platymantis
Species:
P. insulatus
Binomial name
Platymantis insulatus
(Brown and Alcala, 1970)
Synonyms[2]
  • Philautus insulatus Brown and Alcala, 1970
  • Platymantis insulata Günther, 1999
  • Platymantis (Lahatnanguri) insulatus Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015

The adult frog is 38 to 42 mm long from nose to rear end.[3]

This frog is in danger of dying out because of global climate change and because humans change the places where it lives.[3]

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Gigante Wrinkled Ground Frog: Platymantis insulatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T17519A58473068. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T17519A58473068.en. 17519. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Platymantis insulatus (Brown and Alcala, 1970)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  3. Pierre Fidenci (July 11, 2009). "Platymantis insulatus (Brown and Alcala, 1970)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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