What is Platymantis megabotoniviti?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = | status_ref = | status_system = IUCN3.1Q | taxon = Platymantis megabotoniviti | authority = (Worthy, 2003) | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref= }} The '''Giant Fiji ground frog''' (''Platymantis megabotoniviti'') is a [[frog]]. This frog is not alive now. It lived [[extinct|long ago]]. Scientists found its bones in [[Fiji]], in caves in Viti Levu.<ref name=Museum>{{cite web|url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/395287|accessdate=April 7, 2023|title=Giant Fiji Ground Frog, Platymantis megabotonivit|publisher=Museum of New Zealand}}</ref><ref name=Des>{{cite journal|title=A New Species of Platymantis (Anura: Ranidae) from Quaternary Deposits On Viti Levu, Fiji|accessdate=April 7, 2023|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1475-4983.00197|doi=10.1111/1475-4983.00197|date=November 24, 2003|author1=Trevor H. Worthy|type=Abstract|journal=Palaeontology|volume=44 |issue=4 |pages=665–680 |s2cid=128865619 }}</ref> This frog was larger than other frogs in ''Platymantis''. Scientists say they all died after humans came to Fiji. The humans brought [[rodent]]s with them.<ref name=Des /> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Frogs of Asia]] {{Taxonbar|from=Q7202660}} {{biology-stub}}