Alcalus mariae
{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
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| image = Alcalus mariae 2011 stamp of the Philippines.jpg
| status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Alcalus mariae
| authority = (Inger, 1954)
| synonyms = Micrixalus mariae Inger, 1954{{cite journal| last = Inger| first = Robert F.| authorlink = Robert F. Inger| year = 1954| title = Systematics and zoogeography of Philippine amphibia| journal = Fieldiana: Zoology| volume = 33| issue = 4| pages = 183–531| url = https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5571}}
Ingerana mariae (Inger, 1954)
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Alcalus mariae, common name Mary's frog{{cite book |last1=Beolens |first1=Bo |last2=Watkins |first2=Michael |last3=Grayson |first3=Michael |title=The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians |publisher=Pelagic Publishing |date=2013 |page=137 |isbn=978-1-907807-44-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA137}} or Palawan eastern frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Palawan Island, the Philippines, and only known from its type locality, Mount Balabag,{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Ceratobatrachidae/Alcalinae/Alcalus/Alcalus-mariae |title=Alcalus mariae (Inger, 1954) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2015 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |accessdate=1 August 2015}} in the Mantalingajan mountain range. The specific name refers to Mary Lee Inger née Ballew, first wife of Robert F. Inger who formally described the species in 1954.
Description
The type series of Alcalus mariae consists of two males measuring {{convert|32|and|33|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. They are stocky frogs with depressed, broad head and rounded snout. Tympanum is visible though rim hidden by skin. Tips of digits are expanded into large, round disks. Legs are stout and relatively short. Toes are webbed and have disks similar in size to those on fingers. Skin of all dorsal surfaces is coarsely shagreen. Chest and belly are strongly rugose but gular region is less so. Tubercles are present laterally.
Habitat and conservation
The natural habitat of Alcalus mariae is lower montane forest where it occurs in the forest floor leaf-litter. Habitat loss is the most important threat to this species, although the area of type locality is generally well protected. The frog is the most evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered species in the Philippines, as listed by the Zoological Society of London in their EDGE species analysis, where it ranked 75th out of the thousands of amphibian species known to humanity.{{Cite web|url=http://www.edgeofexistence.org/species/palawan-eastern-frog/|title=Palawan Eastern Frog}}
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Category:Amphibians of the Philippines
Category:Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Category:Taxa named by Robert F. Inger