Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi

Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi is a frog. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place: Sri Lanka.[2][3][1]

Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. malcolmsmithi
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi
(Ahl, 1927)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhacophorus malcolmsmithi Ahl, 1927
  • Rhacophorus (Philautus) malcolmsmithi Ahl, 1931
  • Staurois malcolmsmithi Forcart, 1946
  • Philautus malcolmsmithi Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005
  • Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

This frog is extinct. Every frog in this species is dead. Scientists believe that this is because human beings changed the places where the frog lived too much.[3]

One female frog was 14.9 mm long from nose to rear end.[3]

First paper
  • 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. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

References
  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58869A156583167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58869A156583167.en. 58869. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi (Ahl, 1927)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  3. Krystal Gong (April 13, 2009). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi (Ahl, 1927)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
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