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Platyplectrum
Sign in to savePlatyplectrum is a genus of ground-dwelling frog in the family Limnodynastidae. Species in this genus are found in Australia, New Guinea, and on the Aru Islands. They are medium-sized frogs and the dorsal skin has a sandpaper-like texture.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyLimnodynastidae
Platyplectrum es un género de anfibios anuros de la familia Limnodynastidae endémicos de Australia.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Limnodynastidae
- Collections
- WAM, QM
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Limnodynastidae
- Image
- Limnodynastes ornatus.jpg
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- Platyplectrum
- taxon name
- Platyplectrum
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Platyplectrum
- endemic to
- Australia
- taxon author citation
- Günther, 1863
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Platyplectrum is a genus of ground-dwelling frog in the family Limnodynastidae. Species in this genus are found in Australia, New Guinea, and on the Aru Islands. They are medium-sized frogs and the dorsal skin has a sandpaper-like texture.
Although this genus was described in 1863 for the species Platyplectrum ornatum, in 2009 it was synonymized with the genus Opisthodon. This classification was found to be paraphyletic with respect to the former genus Lechriodus. For this reason, Platyplectrum was revived in 2021 for the members of Opisthodon and Lechriodus.
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