Platymantis megabotoniviti

Platymantis megabotoniviti is an extinct species of frogs in the family Ceratobatrachidae. The species was described from bones of late Quaternary age from caves on Viti Levu, Fiji.[1] P. megabotoniviti is much larger than the other two species of Platymantis known from Fiji, P. vitianus and P. vitiensis.

Platymantis megabotoniviti
Temporal range: Pleistocene–Holocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ceratobatrachidae
Genus: Platymantis
Species:
†P. megabotoniviti
Binomial name
†Platymantis megabotoniviti
Worthy, 2001

References
  1. Worthy, Trevor H. (2001). "A new species of Platymantis (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae) from Quaternary deposits on Viti Levu, Fiji". Palaeontology. 44 (4): 665–680. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00197.


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