Platypelis alticola

Platypelis alticola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

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

Name

Platypelis alticola (Guibé, 1973)

• Holotype: MNHN 1973.693.
• Type locality: “Massif du Tsaratanana, en forêt”, northern Madagascar.

Combinations

• Platyhyla alticola Guibé, 1973: 1182 [original combination]
• Platypelis alticola — Guibé, 1978: 117 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Guibé, J. 1973. Batraciens nouveaux de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 3ème série - Zoologie 171: 1169–1192.
• Guibé, 1978, Bonn. Zool. Monogr., 11: 117.

Additional references

• Rakotoarison, A., Glaw, F., Vieites, D.R., Raminosoa, N.R. & Vences, M. 2012. Taxonomy and natural history of arboreal microhylid frogs (Platypelis) from the Tsaratanana Massif in northern Madagascar, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3563(1): 1–25. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa3563.1.1 Reference page. 
• 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

• IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2016. IUCN: Platypelis alticola  (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T57954A84179073. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T57954A84179073.en. Accessed on 01 September 2024.

Vernacular names

• English: Madagascar Giant Treefrog