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Platymantis guppyi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Genus
  
Platymantis

Higher classification
  
Platymantis

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Ceratobatrachidae

Scientific name
  
Platymantis guppyi

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Platymantis, Frog, Amphibians

Platymantis guppyi (common name: Treasury wrinkled ground frog or Solomon Islands giant treefrog) is a species of frog in the Ceratobatrachidae family, named after Henry B. Guppy who collected the holotype from the Treasury Islands. It is widespread in the Solomon Islands archipelago (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands), though it is missing from New Georgia and Makira islands.

Description

Platymantis guppyi are medium-sized frogs: the holotype measured 68 mm (2.7 in) in snout–vent length. Its back is light brown or pinkish, spotted or dotted with brown, whereas it is whitish below.

Platymantis guppyi is a very common and abundant species that inhabits closed-canopy rainforest and old regrowth forest. They live in the trees, about 2–20 m (6 ft 7 in–65 ft 7 in) above the ground. It might be threatened by logging, although its ability to persist in regrown forests suggests it is relatively resilient.

References

Platymantis guppyi Wikipedia