Platymantis

***Platymantis*** is a group of frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae. In English, they are named **wrinkled ground frogs**, **ground frogs**, and **forest frogs**.

Most of the frogs in *Platymantis* live in the Philippines. say there may be more, 50-60 species, because scientists have not written papers about all of them yet.

*Platymantis* also has one dead species in it:
* *Platymantis megabotoniviti*, Giant Fiji ground frog

### Species moved to genus *Cornufer*
Brown et al. (2015) moved many species in *Platymantis* into a new genus, *Cornufer*. They kept all the frogs that living in the Philippines in *Platymantis*.

* *Cornufer aculeodactylus* Brown, 1952
* *Cornufer admiraltiensis* Richards, Mack & Austin, 2007
* *Cornufer akarithymus* Brown & Tyler, 1968
* *Cornufer batantae* Zweifel, 1969
* *Cornufer bimaculatus* Günther, 1999
* *Cornufer boulengeri* (Boettger, 1892)
* *Cornufer browni* Allison & Kraus, 2001
* *Cornufer bufonulus* Kraus and Allison, 2007
* *Cornufer caesiops* Kraus and Allison, 2009
* *Cornufer cheesmanae* Parker, 1940
* *Cornufer citrinospilus* Brown, Richards, and Broadhead, 2013
* *Cornufer cryptotis* Günther, 1999
* *Cornufer desticans* Brown & Richards, 2008
* *Cornufer gilliardi* Zweifel, 1960
* *Cornufer guppyi* (Boulenger, 1884)
* *Cornufer latro* Richards, Mack & Austin, 2007
* *Cornufer macrops* (Brown, 1965)
* *Cornufer macrosceles* Zweifel, 1975
* *Cornufer magna* Brown & Menzies, 1979 (synonym: *Platymantis magnus*)
* *Cornufer mamusiorum* Foufopoulos and Brown, 2004
* *Cornufer manus* Kraus and Allison, 2009
* *Cornufer mimica* Brown & Tyler, 1968
* *Cornufer nakanaiorum* Brown, Foufopoulos, and Richards, 2006
* *Cornufer neckeri* (Brown & Myers, 1949)
* *Cornufer nexipus* Zweifel, 1975
* *Cornufer papuensis* Meyer, 1875
* *Cornufer parilis* Brown & Richards, 2008
* *Cornufer parkeri* (Brown, 1965)
* *Cornufer pelewensis* Peters, 1867
* *Cornufer punctatus* Peters & Doria, 1878
* *Cornufer schmidti* Brown & Tyler, 1968
* *Cornufer solomonis* (Boulenger, 1884)
* *Cornufer sulcatus* Kraus and Allison, 2007
* *Cornufer vitianus* (Duméril, 1853)
* *Cornufer vitiensis* (Girard, 1853)
* *Cornufer weberi* Schmidt, 1932
* *Cornufer wuenscheorum* Günther, 2006

## Where they live
Many *Platymantis* species live in only a few places.
*Widespread
** *Platymantis corrugatus*
** *Platymantis dorsalis*
*Luzon
**Northern Luzon
*** *Platymantis cagayanensis*: Palaui Island; NE Luzon
*** *Platymantis sierramadrensis*: Sierra Madre
*** *Platymantis taylori*: Sierra Madre
*** *Platymantis cornutus*: Cordillera Central (Luzon)
*** *Platymantis subterrestris*: Cordillera Central (Luzon)
*** *Platymantis pygmaeus*: northern Luzon
**Central Luzon
*** *Platymantis biak*: Biak-na-Bato National Park
*** *Platymantis polillensis*: Polillo Island; Aurora Province
*** *Platymantis mimula*: Mount Makiling
*** *Platymantis banahao*: Mount Banahaw
*** *Platymantis indeprensus*: Mount Banahaw
*** *Platymantis montanus*: Mount Banahaw
*** *Platymantis naomii*: Mount Banahaw
*** *Platymantis pseudodorsalis*: Mount Banahaw
*** *Platymantis quezoni*: Quezon Protected Landscape
**Bicol Region
*** *Platymantis isarog*: Mount Isarog
*** *Platymantis diesmosi*: Malinao Volcano
*** *Platymantis luzonensis*: SE Luzon
*Visayas
** *Platymantis lawtoni*: Romblon
** *Platymantis levigata*: Romblon
** *Platymantis insulatus*: South Gigante Island near Panay
** *Platymantis paengi*: Pandan, Antique, Panay
** *Platymantis panayensis*: Panay
** *Platymantis negrosensis*: Panay; Negros
** *Platymantis hazelae*: Negros
** *Platymantis spelaea*: southern Negros
** *Platymantis bayani*: Taft, Eastern Samar
** *Platymantis rabori*: Bohol; Leyte; Mindanao
** *Platymantis guentheri*: Bohol; Leyte; Mindanao

## References
## Other websites
*BITC / Species Descriptions - Example Platymantis