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Platyplectrum
Platyplectrum is a genus of ground-dwelling frog in the family Limnodynastidae. Species in this genus are found in Australia, New Guinea, and on the Aru Islands. They are medium-sized frogs and the dorsal skin has a sandpaper-like texture.
Although this genus was described in 1863 for the species Platyplectrum ornatum, in 2009 it was synonymized with the genus Opisthodon. This classification was found to be paraphyletic with respect to the former genus Lechriodus. For this reason, Platyplectrum was revived in 2021 for the members of Opisthodon and Lechriodus.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Ornate Burrowing Frog
speciesPlatyplectrum ornatum
Fletcher's Frog
speciesPlatyplectrum fletcheri
Centralian Burrowing Frog
speciesPlatyplectrum spenceri
Arfak cannibal frog
speciesPlatyplectrum platyceps
Wokan Cannibal Frog
speciesPlatyplectrum melanopyga
Morobe Cannibal Frog
speciesPlatyplectrum aganoposis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 64809.