Pseudophilautus zal
| Pseudophilautus zal | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Pseudophilautus |
| Species: | P. zal
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophilautus zal (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)
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Pseudophilautus zal is a frog. It lived in Sri Lanka.[2][3][1]
The adult male frog was 24.2-25.4 mm long from nose to rear end. Scientists do not know what color this frog was when it was alive. When it is in liquid that stops its body from rotting, this frog looks light brown with five white spots on its back and a yellow belly.[3]
This frog is extinct. All the frogs of this species are dead. Scientists believe this is because human beings changed the places where the frog needed to live. This frog's scientific name zal comes from a Polish word meaning "very big sadness." The scientists named it "zal" because they were sad that so many frogs and other animals in Sri Lanka had died.[3]
First paper[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus zal". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58938A156586194. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58938A156586194.en. 58938. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus zal (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 18, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Krystal Gong (March 30, 2009). Kellie Whittaker; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Pseudophilautus zal (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
