Pseudophilautus rugatus

Pseudophilautus rugatus is a frog. It lived in Sri Lanka. People have seen it two places: the Farnlands and Taralanda.[2][3][1]

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

This frog is extinct. There are no frogs of this species alive now. Scientists believe they died because human beings changed the places where the frog lives.[3]

One female frog was 17.5 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 rugatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58895A156584657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58895A156584657.en. 58895. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  2. Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus rugatus (Ahl, 1927)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
  3. Krystal Gong (April 13, 2009). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Pseudophilautus rugatus (Ahl, 1927)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 28, 2023.
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