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Platymantis taylori
Platymantis taylori is a species of frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and is known from the Sierra Madre of northeastern Luzon. It has been observed between 100 and 400 meters above sea level.
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Description
The adult male frog measures about 26.6–33.0 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog about 30.7 to 39.8 mm. There is no webbed skin on the front feet and only a small amount of webbed skin on the hind feet. The skin of the dorsum is brown or gray-brown in color, with black spots.
Wikipedia: “Appearance”
Range & habitat
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.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat and conservation”
In human culture
The specific name taylori honors Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978), an American herpetologist.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 25978.