Pseudophilautus macropus

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Pseudophilautus macropus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. macropus
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus macropus
(Günther, 1869)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ixalus macropus Günther, 1869
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) macropus Ahl, 1931
  • Rhacophorus macropus Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996
  • Philautus macropus Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005
  • Pseudophilautus macropus Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

The bigfoot shrub frog (Pseudophilautus macropus) is a frog. It lives in Sri Lanka. It lives near streams in the Knuckles Range mountains. People have seen them between 603 and 760 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Bigfoot Shrub Frog: Pseudophilautus macropus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58868A195402738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T58868A195402738.en. 58868. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus macropus (Günther, 1869)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  3. "Pseudophilautus macropus (Günther, 1869)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 14, 2023.