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Platymantis guentheri

Additional Info

  • Class:Amphibia
  • Family:Ceratobatrachidae
  • Scientific Name:Platymantis guentheri Boulenger, 1882
  • Common Name:Gunther’s Wrinkled Ground Frog
  • Description:Moderately expanded digital discs and well-defined limb bands. Usually found on the forest floor among leaf litter or on shrubs and small trees.
  • Ecological Role:It controls the population of its prey species such as small insects. It also serves as prey for larger animals.
  • Distribution:Philippine endemic. Biliran, Bohol, Dinagat, Leyte, Mindanao, Samar (Endemic). (Mindanao PAIC endemic)

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