Pseudophilautus cavirostris

species of Amphibia

The Tibetan bubble-nest frog or tubercle shrub frog (Pseudophilautus cavirostris) is a frog. It lives in Sri Lanka.[2][3][1]

Pseudophilautus cavirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. cavirostris
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus cavirostris
(Günther, 1869)
Synonyms[2]
  • Polypedates cavirostris Günther, 1869
  • Ixalus fimbriatus Günther, 1872
  • Rhacophorus cavirostris Boulenger, 1882
  • Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) cavirostris Ahl, 1931
  • Philautus cavirostris Jiang, Hu, and Zhao, 1987
  • Rhacophorus carvirostris Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1994
  • Philautus (Kirtixalus) cavirostris Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001
  • Kirtixalus cavirostris Yu, Rao, Zhang, and Yang, 2009
  • Pseudophilautus cavirostris Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

The adult male frog was 17.4 mm long from nose to rear end. Scientists are not sure why these frogs all died. They think it was human beings changed the places where the frog lived.[3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Tubercle Shrub Frog: Pseudophilautus cavirostris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58828A156581504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58828A156581504.en. 58828. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus cavirostris (Günther, 1869)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Krystal Gong. Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Pseudophilautus cavirostris (Günther, 1869)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 6, 2023.