Diesmos Arvin C, Scheffers Brett R, Mallari Neil Aldrin D, Siler Cameron D, Brown Rafe M
National Museum of the Philippines, Herpetology Section, Zoology Division, National Museum of Natural History Building, T.F. Valencia Circle, T.M. Kalaw Street, Rizal Park, Manila 1000, Philippines. Biology Department, College of Science, De La Salle University, Manila 1004, Philippines..
Zootaxa. 2020 Aug 14;4830(3):zootaxa.4830.3.6. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4830.3.6.
We describe a new species of frog of the genus Platymantis Günther (subgenus Tirahanulap), from the east-central regions of the Philippines. It belongs to the the previously-defined P. hazelae Group) based on morphological and bioacoustic datasets. The new species is phenotypically and ecologically most similar to members of Tirahanulap, an assemblage of small-bodied arboreal frogs inhabiting montane forests of the central and northern islands of the Philippine archipelago. The new species represents the first taxon in the Cloud Frog species known from the biogeographically unique Mindanao Pleistocene Aggregate Island Complex. Particularly susceptible to local extirpation following deforestation, all known species of Tirahanulap are important indicator species for environmental and conservation assessments, making this new species not only an exceptional addition to Philippine biodiversity but also an important symbol for conservation initiatives in the region.
我们描述了一种来自菲律宾中东部地区的扁手蛙属（Tirahanulap亚属）新蛙种。基于形态学和生物声学数据集，它属于先前定义的哈氏扁手蛙组。该新物种在表型和生态上与Tirahanulap的成员最为相似，Tirahanulap是一群栖息在菲律宾群岛中部和北部岛屿山地森林中的小型树栖蛙类。新物种是已知来自生物地理上独特的棉兰老岛更新世聚合岛复合体的云雾蛙物种中的首个分类单元。由于森林砍伐后极易受到局部灭绝的影响，所有已知的Tirahanulap物种都是环境和保护评估的重要指示物种，这使得这个新物种不仅是菲律宾生物多样性的一个特殊补充，也是该地区保护倡议的一个重要标志。
