Platyplectrum platyceps

{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}

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| name = Arfak cannibal frog

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Platyplectrum

| species = platyceps

| authority = (Parker, 1940)

| synonyms = * Lechriodus platyceps Parker, 1940

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Lechriodus platyceps |volume=2020 |page=e.T57379A152393904 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T57379A152393904.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

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Platyplectrum platyceps, the Arfak cannibal frog, is a species of frog in the family Limnodynastidae.

It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes.{{Cite web |title=Platyplectrum platyceps (Parker, 1940) {{!}} Amphibian Species of the World |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Myobatrachoidea/Limnodynastidae/Platyplectrum/Platyplectrum-platyceps |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org}}

It was classified in the former genus Lechriodus until its synonymization with Platyplectrum in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Platyplectrum Günther, 1863 {{!}} Amphibian Species of the World |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Myobatrachoidea/Limnodynastidae/Platyplectrum/ |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org}}

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