Platymantis mimulus

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref={{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2018 |title=Platymantis mimulus |volume=2018 |page=e.T58469A58480489 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T58469A58480489.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Platymantis mimulus

| authority = Brown, Alcala & Diesmos, 1997

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Platymantis mimulus, commonly known as the Japanese bullet frog, is a species of frog in the family Ceratobatrachidae. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs on Mount Makiling and vicinity. It has been observed as high as 400 meters above sea level.{{BioRef|ASW6

|title=Platymantis mimulus Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1997

|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Ceratobatrachidae/Ceratobatrachinae/Platymantis/Platymantis-mimulus

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|title= Platymantis mimulus: Brown, Alcala, and Diesmos, 1997

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|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/5678

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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.

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