Platypelis

Platypelis grandis

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 (17): P. alticola – P. ando – P. barbouri – P. cowanii – P. grandis – P. laetus – P. mavomavo – P. milloti – P. occultans – P. olgae – P. pollicaris – P. ranjomena – P. ravus – P. saikamavo – P. tetra – P. tsaratananaensis – P. tuberifera

Name

Platypelis Boulenger, 1882: 474

• Type species: Platypelis cowanii Boulenger, 1882, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Platyhyla Boulenger, 1889: 247
  • Type species: Platyhyla grandis Boulenger, 1889, by monotypy.

• Paracophyla Millot & Guibé, 1951: 209
  • Type species: Paracophyla tuberculata Millot & Guibé, 1951, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1882. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia s. Ecaudata in the Collection of the British Museum. Second Edition. Order of the Trustees: London. XVI 503 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Scherz, M.D., Köhler, J., Vences, M. & Glaw, F. 2019. A new yellow-toed Platypelis species (Anura, Microhylidae, Cophylinae) from the Maroantsetra region, northeastern Madagascar. Evolutionary Systematics 3: 33417. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.3.33417 Reference page. 
• Glaw, F., Scherz, M.D., Rakotoarison, A., Crottini, A., Raselimanana, A.P., Andreone, F., Köhler, J. & Vences, M. 2020. Genetic variability and partial integrative revision of Platypelis frogs (Microhylidae) with red flash marks from eastern Madagascar. Vertebrate Zoology 70(2): 141–156. DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-2-2020-04 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. 
• Rakotoarison, A., Vences, M., Andreone, F., Crottini, A., Glaw, F., Scherz, M.D. & Raselimanana, A.P. 2024. A new species of colorful Platypelis (Amphibia: Microhylidae) from the Tsaratanàna and Bemanevika massifs in northern Madagascar. Zootaxa 5501(1): 171–180. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5501.1.8 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Giant Treefrogs