Polillo forest frog [SEP] parent taxon
Polillo forest frog
The Polillo forest frog ("Platymantis polillensis") is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae.
It is endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs on Polillo Island and the adjacent coast of Aurora Province, Luzon.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
This frog is endemic to the Philippines. It is known from the Cordillera Central Mountains on the island of Luzon and possibly from the Sierra Madres Mountains. It is also found on Polillo Island and Palaui Island. Its habitat is lowland or lower mountain rainforests and their fringes where it is largely found on the forest floor and in rain-filled holes in trees and other temporary water bodies. In the breeding season, males call from holes in trees and other locations several metres off the forest floor and from under logs.