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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species inhabits the forest floor litter of montane and lowland rainforests, and breeds by direct development. The males form calling aggregations. It will tolerate some habitat disturbance, but not the removal of forest cover (A. Diesmos pers. comm. March 2018).
Range:
This species is found in the mountains of the Central Cordilleras and Sierra Madres, on northern Luzon Island in the Philippines. It ranges from 400–1,000 m asl (R. Brown pers. comm.). Platymantis cf. pygmaeus has been recorded from Mt. Guiting-Guiting Natural Park on Sibuyan Island and Tablas Island (Siler et al. 2012), however these localities are not included in the estimate of the species' extent of occurrence (EOO), pending confirmation of these records. The EOO of its current known and confirmed range is 49,602 km2.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions
This species range includes a few protected areas. Since the 2004 assessment, in collaboration with various regional academic institutions, NGO-led awareness campaigns have been taking place to educate the public regarding the need to protect remaining forests on Luzon Island, resulting in positive responses by local communities and improved protection for priority species. As its species name suggests, this is one of the smallest frogs in the Philippines (as small as 15 mm in snout-vent length), and so could represent an important flagship species for conservation efforts in the region.
Conservation Needed
Enforcement of protected area boundaries and appropriate management practices are required to safeguard the remaining habitat, as well as ongoing awareness campaigns to raise public support. Even though protected areas exist in the species' range, there remains a need for improved protection of remaining forests in the Central Cordilleras and Sierra Madres on Luzon.
Research Needed
Further work is required to better understand the population size, distribution, and trends. There is also a need for further taxonomic research to resolve what might be a species complex.
This species range includes a few protected areas. Since the 2004 assessment, in collaboration with various regional academic institutions, NGO-led awareness campaigns have been taking place to educate the public regarding the need to protect remaining forests on Luzon Island, resulting in positive responses by local communities and improved protection for priority species. As its species name suggests, this is one of the smallest frogs in the Philippines (as small as 15 mm in snout-vent length), and so could represent an important flagship species for conservation efforts in the region.
Conservation Needed
Enforcement of protected area boundaries and appropriate management practices are required to safeguard the remaining habitat, as well as ongoing awareness campaigns to raise public support. Even though protected areas exist in the species' range, there remains a need for improved protection of remaining forests in the Central Cordilleras and Sierra Madres on Luzon.
Research Needed
Further work is required to better understand the population size, distribution, and trends. There is also a need for further taxonomic research to resolve what might be a species complex.