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Platymantis corrugatus (Duméril, 1853)
Hylodes corrugatus Duméril, 1853, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, Ser. 3, 19: 176. Holotype: MNHNP 4884, according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 40. Type locality: "Java", in error, according to Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 351-352, who suggested that the holotype originated in the Philippines. Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1104, Anonymous, 1978, Bull. Zool. Nomencl., 34: 223.
Platymantis plicifera Günther, 1858, Arch. Naturgesch., 24: 327. Syntypes: BMNH (4 specimens) according to Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 95; these including BMNH 1947.2.7.6–7 according to museum records, the other two not located. Type locality: "Philippinen". Synonymy by Peters, 1873, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1873: 611; Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 110; Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 190; Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 351-352.
Hylodes (Halophilus) corrugatus — Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 154.
Halophila (Platymantis) plicifera — Peters, 1863, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1863: 457.
Platymantis corrugata — Peters, 1873, Monatsber. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1873: 611. Boulenger, 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 1: 373.
Cornufer corrugatus — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 110; Brown, 1965, Breviora, 218: 2.
Platymantis corrugata — Boulenger, 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 1: 373.
Rana (Platymantis) rugata Van Kampen, 1923, Amph. Indo-Austral. Arch.: 190. Replacement name for Hylodes corrugatus Duméril, 1853.
Platymantis corrugatus corrugatus Loveridge, 1948, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 101: 406. Zweifel, 1967, Copeia, 1967: 120, by reference to Brown, 1965, Breviora, 218: 2-3.
Platymantis corrugata — Günther, 1999, Mitt. Mus. Naturkd. Berlin, Zool., 75: 327-328, by implication. Unjustified emendation according to Kraus and Allison, 2007, Zootaxa, 1485: 29-30.
English Names
Philippine Wrinkled Ground Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 104).
Rough-back Forest Frog (Gaulke, 2011, Herpetofauna Panay Island: 60).
Distribution
Luzon to Mindanao on the main islands of the Philippines; absent from Palawan.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Philippines
Endemic: Philippines
Comment
Synonymy and discussion in Inger, 1954, Fieldiana, Zool., 33: 350-354. In Platymantis dorsalis group of Alcala and Brown, 1999, Philipp. J. Sci., 128: 283. See Ross and Lazell, 1990, Philipp. J. Sci., 119: 260, for report of material from Dinagat Island. Gaulke, 2011, Herpetofauna Panay Island: 60-61, provided a brief account for Panay Island, Philippines. See brief account by Sanguila, Cobb, Siler, Diesmos, Alcala, and Brown, 2016, ZooKeys, 624: 18–19. Pitogo, Saavedra, and Afuang, 2021, Philipp. J. Sci., 150: 1279–1306, provided a brief description of natural history and suggested that the Mindanao population is a distinct species.
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