Platypelis alticola

Platypelis alticola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Microhylidae
Subfamilia: Cophylinae
Genus: Platypelis
Species: Platypelis alticola

Name

Platypelis alticola (Guibé, 1974)

Type locality: "Massif du Tsaratanana, en forêt", northern Madagascar.

Holotype: MNHNP 1973.693.

Synonyms

• Platyhyla alticola Guibé, 1974
• Platypelis alticola — Guibé, 1978

References

Primary references

• Guibé, 1974, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 3, Zool., 171: 1182.
• Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 117.

Additional references

• Rakotoarison, A., Scherz, M.D., Köhler, J., Ratsoavina, F.M., Hawlitschek, O., Megson, S., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2020. Frogs of the genus Platypelis from the Sorata massif in northern Madagascar: description of a new species and reports of range extensions. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(1): 263–274. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.47088 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Platypelis alticola . Accessed on 16 June 2008.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Platypelis alticola  (Endangered) Downloaded on 16 June 2008.

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Vernacular names

English: Madagascar Giant Treefrog