Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus

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Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. oxyrhynchus
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus
(Günther, 1872)
Synonyms[2]
  • Ixalus oxyrhynchus Günther, 1872
  • Rhacophorus (Philautus) oxyrhynchus Ahl, 1931
  • Philautus oxyrhynchus Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005
  • Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus is a frog. It lived in Sri Lanka. These frogs all died. The species is extinct.[2][3][1]

One adult female frog was 18.6 mm long from nose to rear end. Her eardrum was oval instead of round.[3]

This frog is extinct. Scientists saw it years ago, but they could not find any more when they went to look for it.

Scientists think this frog died because human beings changed the places where it lived.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58883A156583754. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58883A156583754.en. 58883. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus (Günther, 1872)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Krystal Gong (April 13, 2009). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus (Günther, 1872)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 15, 2023.