Pseudophilautus auratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. auratus
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus auratus
(Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005)
Synonyms
  • Philautus auratus Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005[2]

Pseudophilautus auratus, commonly called golden shrub frog,[3] is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae, endemic to Sri Lanka,[1] where it lives in closed-canopy cloud forests between 513 and 1270 meters above sea level, including the Sinharaja World Heritage Site and Kanneliya Forest.[4][5]

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus auratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58819A156581200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58819A156581200.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum; Pethiyagoda, Rohan (2005). "The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species" (PDF). Contributions to Biodiversity Exploration and Research in Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement. Vol. 12. pp. 279–280.
  3. ↑ "27 new Pseudophilautus (firstly: Philautus) • Sri Lankan Shrub Frogs (Rhacophorinae)". Novataxa. July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus auratus (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 8, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Pseudophilautus auratus (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 8, 2023.


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