Platymantis rabori Brown, Alcala, Diesmos, and Alcala, 1997

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

Platymantis rabori Brown, Alcala, Diesmos, and Alcala, 1997, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 50: 8. Holotype: CAS 136889, by original designation. Type locality: "Cantaub, Sierra Bullones, Bohol Island", Philippines.

Platymantis (Tahananpuno) rabori — Brown, Siler, Richards, Diesmos, and Cannatella, 2015, Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 174: 146. 

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Rainforests of Bohol, Leyte, and Mindanao Islands, Philippines, 300-1400 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Philippines

Endemic: Philippines

Comment

Confused with Platymantis guentheri prior to its description. In the Platymantis guentheri group of Brown, Alcala, Diesmos, and Alcala, 1997, Proc. California Acad. Sci., Ser. 4, 50: 1-20. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 498. See brief notes by Sanguila, Cobb, Siler, Diesmos, Alcala, and Brown, 2016, ZooKeys, 624: 22. Pitogo, Saavedra, and Afuang, 2021, Philipp. J. Sci., 150: 1279–1306, provided a brief description of natural history.

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