Pseudophilautus stellatus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Anura
Family:
Rhacophoridae
Genus:
Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. stellatus
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus stellatus (Kelaart, 1853)
Synonyms [2]
Polypedates stellata Kelaart, 1853
Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) stellatus Ahl, 1931
Philautus (Kirtixalus) stellatus Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001
Philautus stellatus Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005
Kirtixalus stellatus Yu, Rao, Zhang, and Yang, 2009
Pseudophilautus stellatus Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009
Pseudophilautus stellatus is a frog . It lives in Sri Lanka . It lives in cloud forests .[2] [3] [1]
This frog can be 57 mm long from nose to rear end . It is the largest frog in Pseudophilautus . This frog is bright green in color with darker stripes and some white pots. The legs are brown with white spots. The belly is pink-white in color. This frog can change color from green to brown, but its white spots are always white.[3]
For 160 years, scientists thought this frog was extinct . But then some scientists found some of them in 2013.[3]
↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus stellatus " . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . p. e.T58919A156585610. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58919A156585610.en . 58919. Retrieved September 26, 2023 .
↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus stellatus (Kelaart, 1853)" . Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference . Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved September 26, 2023 .
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Krystal Gong (April 13, 2009). Kellie Whittaker; Michelle S. Koo (eds.). "Pseudophilautus stellatus (Kelaart, 1853)" . AmphibiaWeb . University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved September 26, 2023 .