James Platz

{{Short description|Canadian sports shooter (1931–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = James Platz | birth_name = | fullname = | nationality = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|6|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bruno, Saskatchewan, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|10|30|1931|6|25|df=yes}} | death_place = Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada | height = | weight = | country = | sport = Sports shooting | event = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = yes }}

'''James Walter Platz''' (25 June 1931 – 30 October 2019) was a Canadian sports shooter.<ref>{{Olympedia|41529}}</ref> He competed in the trap event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/james-platz-1.html |title=James Platz |access-date=24 February 2016 |work=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311101327/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/james-platz-1.html |archivedate=11 March 2016 }}</ref>

James E. Platz, was a herpetologist at Creighton University, during his tenure there he discovered multiple species of frogs, one, that made its mating call under water named Rana sub aquavocalis.

==References== {{reflist}} https://www.jstor.org/stable/1564931

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