Pseudophilautus dayawansai
| Pseudophilautus dayawansai | |
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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. dayawansai
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophilautus dayawansai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Rajeev, Ariyarathne, Chanaka, Priyantha, Bandara, Wickramasinghe, 2013 , 2013
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Dayawansa's shrub frog (Pseudophilautus dayawansai) is a frog. It lives in Sri Lanka. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place: Sripada Peak in the Peak Wilderness, 1679 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]
The adult male frog is 24.5 – 26.2 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is about 30.1 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is brown in color with darker brown marks. There is a light brown mark on the back in the shape of a triangle. There are black-brown spots. The legs are dark brown with some dar red color.[3]
People have seen this frog sitting in shrubs as high as 2 meters above the ground in cloud forests. Like other frogs in Pseudophilautus, they hatch from eggs as small frogs and never swim as tadpoles.[3]
Scientists named this frog after Nihal Dayawansa, of the University of Colombo.[3]
First paper[change | change source]
- Wickramasinghe LJM; Vidanapathirana DR; Rajeev MDG; Ariyarathne SC; Chanaka AWA; Priyantha LLD; Bandara IN; Wickramasinghe N. (2013). "Eight new species of Pseudophilautus (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Sripada World Heritage Site (Peak Wilderness), a local amphibian hotspot in Sri Lanka". J Threatened Taxa (Abstract and figures). 5: 3789–3920. doi:10.11609/jott.864.3789-3920. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Dayawansa's Shrub Frog: Pseudophilautus dayawansai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T79101728A156589116. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T79101728A156589116.en. 79101728. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus dayawansai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Rajeev, Ariyarathne, Chanaka, Priyantha, Bandara, Wickramasinghe, 2013". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Dayupathi Eranda Nipunika Mandawala (August 1, 2021). Michelle S. Koo (ed.). "Pseudophilautus dayawansai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Rajeev, Ariyarathne, Chanaka, Priyantha, Bandara, Wickramasinghe, 2013". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
