Pseudophilautus conniffae

Pseudophilautus conniffae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. conniffae
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus conniffae
(Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)
Synonyms
  • Philautus limbus Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005
  • Pseudophilautus limbus Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009
  • Pseudophilautus conniffae Batuwita, De Silva, and Udugampala, 2019

Conniff's shrub frog or the haycock shrub frog (Pseudophilautus conniffae) is a frog. It lives in southwestern Sri Lanka. People have seen it in rainforests between 80 and 300 meters above sea level.

Scientists used to think that Pseudophilautus limbus and Pseudophilautus coniffae were two different frogs. In 2019, they decided they were the same frog.

The adult male frog is 22.9 - 25.6 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 29.3 – 30.7 mm long. The skin of the frog's head comes right out of the bone. The skin of the frog's back is light brown with some dark brown marks. There is black and white color on the legs.

First paper

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Haycock Shrub Frog: Pseudophilautus limbus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T198283746A198283980. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198283746A198283980.en. 198283746. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus silus (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Dayupathi Eranda Nipunika Mandawala (April 11, 2023). Michelle S. Koo (ed.). "Pseudophilautus limbus (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 31, 2023.