Pseudophilautus asankai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. asankai
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus asankai
(Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2004)
Synonyms

Philautus asankai named Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2004

Pseudophilautus asankai, commonly called Asanka's shrub frog (named after Asanka Goonewardena), is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae.[2][3][4]

It is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. It lives on shrubs in places where there is a break in the canopy large enough to allow sufficient sunlight.[4]

The adult male frog measures about 21.2 – 23.4 mm in snout-vent length. There is fringed skin on the toes of the front feet and webbed skin on the toes of the hind feet. The skin of the dorsum and tops of the legs is ash-brown in colour. The toes of all four feet, parts of the legs, and the ventrum are yellow in colour. Parts of the frog's middle and back legs have small yellow spots.[4]

Like other frogs in Pseudophilautus, P. asankai undergoes direct development. Small froglets hatch out of eggs without ever undergoing a tadpole stage.[4]

It is threatened by habitat loss.

A photograph of this frog considered to be P. hoffmani.

For many years, scientists believed that P. asankai and P. hoffmani were two different species, but they were synonymized in 2021.[4]

References

  1. Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Rohan Pethiyagoda (2004). "Pseudophilautus asankai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58817A11844490. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58817A11844490.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "27 new Pseudophilautus (firstly: Philautus) • Sri Lankan Shrub Frogs (Rhacophorinae)". Novataxa. July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus asankai (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 5, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Dayupathi Eranda Nipunika Mandawala (April 8, 2023). Michelle S. Koo (ed.). "Pseudophilautus asankai (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 5, 2023.


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