Pseudophilautus popularis

Pseudophilautus popularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. popularis
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus popularis
(Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)
Synonyms[2]
  • Philautus popularis Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005
  • Pseudophilautus popularis Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

The common shrub frog (Pseudophilautus popularis) is a frog. It lives in Sri Lanka. Scientists have seen it between 0 and 1067 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

The adult male frog is about 17.7 – 21.3 mm long in from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 23.0 – 25.6 mm long when her body is full of eggs. The top of the frog's head and back are brown in color. The sides of the body are dark brown or black in color with some white or light blue marks. The area near where the back legs meet the body is gray-brown in color. The area around the eardrum has blue dots. The legs are brown with darker brown stripes across. The belly is gray-brown in color. The bottoms of the back legs are yellow in color. The webbed skin on the feet is yellow in color.[3]

There are fewer of this frog than there were in the past. Scientists say that this is because human beings cut down forests to make towns and cities and because pollution, chemicals that make crops grow, and chemicals that kill pests can also kill the frog. Scientists have seen that one of the places where the frog lives, Bellanwila-Attidiya sanctuary, is a protected park.[3]

First paper

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  • Manamendra-Arachchi K; Pethiyagoda R (2005). "The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae:Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species". Raffles Bull Zool Suppl. 12: 163–303.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Kandyan Shrub Frog: Pseudophilautus popularis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58889A156584101. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58889A156584101.en. 58896. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus popularis (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dinal Samarasinghe (November 16, 2011). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Pseudophilautus popularis (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 27, 2023.