Platymantis dorsalis (Duméril, 1853)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Ceratobatrachidae > Subfamily: Ceratobatrachinae > Genus: Platymantis > Species: Platymantis dorsalis

Cornufer dorsalis Duméril, 1853, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, Ser. 3, 19: 174. Holotype: MNHNP 4880 according to Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 41. Type locality: "Java"; in error according to Barbour, 1923, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 75: 112, who corrected the type locality to Fiji.

Hylodes (Halophilus) dorsalis — Cope, 1862, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 14: 154.

Halophila platydactyla Günther, 1864, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864: 49. also described as new by Günther, 1864, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 14: 315. Holotype: BMNH by original designation. Type locality: "not known but it is probable that it came from one of the Feejee Islands". Given as "Fiji Islands" by Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 108, who made the synonymy.

Platymantis meyeri Günther, 1873, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1873: 171. Holotype: BMNH 1947.2.5.5 (formerly 1872.8.20.75) according to museum records. Type locality: "Laguna del Bay", Luzon, Philippines. Synonymy by Brown and Inger, 1964, Copeia, 1964: 450-451.

Cornufer meyeri — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 109.

Platymantis meyeri — Boulenger, 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 9, 1: 373; Zweifel, 1967, Copeia, 1967: 120 (by reference to Brown, 1965, Breviora, 218: 2-3).

Rana (Platymantis) dorsalis — Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 41.

Cornufer dorsalis — Brown, 1965, Breviora, 218: 2.

Platymantis dorsalis — Zweifel, 1967, Copeia, 1967: 120. By reference to Brown, 1965, Breviora, 218: 2-3.

Platymantis (Lupacolus) dorsalis — Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 174: 147. 

Common Names

Dumeril's Wrinkled Ground Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 104).

Common Forest Frog (Gaulke, 2011, Herpetofauna Panay Island: 64).

Meyer's Wrinkled Ground Frog (Platymantis meyeri [no longer recognized]: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 105).

Distribution

Philippines, excluding Palawan, Mindanao, Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Biliran, Basilan, Camiguin Sur, Dinagat, and Siargao islands. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Philippines

Endemic: Philippines

Comment

See Brown and Inger, 1964, Copeia, 1964: 450, for synonymy and discussion. In Platymantis dorsalis group of Alcala and Brown, 1999, Philipp. J. Sci., 128: 283. Gaulke, 2011, Herpetofauna Panay Island: 64-65, provided a brief account for Panay Island, Philippines. Siler, Swab, Oliveros, Diesmos, Averia, Alcala, and Brown, 2012, Check List, 8: 443-462, reported Platymantis cf dorsalis from Tablas, Romblon, and Sibuyan, Philippines. Dandoy and Amarga, 2017, Herpetol. Rev., 48: 808, reported the species from Batan Island, Philippines.  Meneses, Siler, Alviola, Balatibat, Gonzalez, Natividad, and Brown, 2022, Check List, 18: 941–984, reidentified the Sibuyan I., Philippines, records as Platymantis paengi. Lin, Chen, Binaday, Shen, and Amarga, 2024, Reptiles & Amphibians, 31(e21437): 1–13, discussed the species in the Mt Arayat National Park, Luzon, Philippines.  Plaza, Seronay, Ruales, Bantilan, Abucayon, Naling, and Gamalinda, 2025, Asian Herpetol. Res., 16: 331–359, reported the species from Tinuy-an Falls Protected Landscape, southeastern Mindanao, Philippines. Populations from  in the Philippines were reassigned to Platymantis jagorii, Platymantis habagatan, and Platymantis laticpes, by Pitogo, Hoskins, Tesfazion, Meneses, Cannon, Supsup, Decena, Sanguila, and Brown, 2026, Zootaxa, 5884: 271–300. 

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