''Platymantis montanus'' is a species of

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

in the family

Ceratobatrachidae The Ceratobatrachidae are a family of frogs found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, the Philippines, Palau, Fiji, New Guinea, and the Admiralty, Bismarck, and Solomon Islands. Taxonomy Ceratobatrachidae was formerly treated as a subfamily (i.e ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to southwestern

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...

, the

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, and is known from its type locality,

Mount Banahaw Mount Banahaw (; also spelled as Banahao and Banájao) is an active complex volcano on Luzon in the Philippines. The three-peaked volcano is located at the boundary of Laguna and Quezon provinces. It is the highest mountain in both provinces an ...

, and from Mount Apoy.

Description

Adult males measure and adult females in snout–vent length. The snout is broadly rounded. The tympanum is distinct. The finger discs are larger than the toe discs. The toes are webbed, and the fingers may have some basal webbing. The dorsum is smooth, variegated gray-brown in color. There is a broad, cream yellow vertebral stripe from tip of snout to anus. The legs have dull cream to white bars. The flanks and the groin have large, bright, lemon yellow spots that separated by brown narrow lines. The belly and chin are pinkish tan, mottled with brown.

Habitat and conservation

''Platymantis montanus'' is an

arboreal Arboreal locomotion is the Animal locomotion, locomotion of animals in trees. In habitats in which trees are present, animals have evolved to move in them. Some animals may scale trees only occasionally, but others are exclusively arboreal. Th ...

species found in mossy and montane rainforests. On Mount Banahaw, it occurs above . The eggs are deposited in shrub layer vegetation, in tree ferns, aerial ferns, and ''

Pandanus ''Pandanus'' is a genus of monocots with some 750 accepted species. They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. The greatest number of species are found in Madagascar and Malaysia. Common names ...

''. Development is direct, without free-living tadpole stage. ''Platymantis montanus'' is very common on Mount Banahaw. It is not facing direct threats but its small range makes it vulnerable. It occurs in the

Mounts Banahaw–San Cristobal Protected Landscape Mounts Banahaw–San Cristobal Protected Landscape is a protected landscape park in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines, south of Manila. It is the second largest protected area in Calabarzon, after the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected L ...

References

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montanus Montanus was the second century founder of Montanism and a self proclaimed prophet. Montanus emphasized the work of the Holy Spirit, in a manner which set him apart from the Great church. Life Only very little is known about the life of Montanu ...

Endemic fauna of the Philippines Amphibians of the Philippines Fauna of Luzon Taxa named by Edward Harrison Taylor Amphibians described in 1922 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot