Platypelis laetus (Rakotoarison, Scherz, Köhler, Ratsoavina, Hawlitschek, Megson, Vences, and Glaw, 2020)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Microhylidae > Subfamily: Cophylinae > Genus: Platypelis > Species: Platypelis laetus

Platypelis laetus Rakotoarison, Scherz, Köhler, Ratsoavina, Hawlitschek, Megson, Vences, and Glaw, 2020, Zoosyst. Evol., Berlin, 96: 267. Holotype: ZSM 5652/2012, by original designation. Type locality: "Sorata Massif (near 13.6817S, 49.4411E, 1339 m a.s.l.), northern Madagascar". http://zoobank.org/80E35235-9E39-48EC-ACB0-525952C098BC 

Common Names

None noted. 

Distribution

Known only from the Sorata Massif, northern Madagascar, at elevations of 1339‒1541 m. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Madagascar

Endemic: Madagascar

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