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Pseudophilautus auratus

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Species of frog

Pseudophilautus auratus
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
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

Pseudophilautus auratus, commonly called golden shrub frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae, endemic to Sri Lanka, 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.

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudophilautus auratus
Philautus auratus


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