Pseudophilautus maia
species of Amphibia
Pseudophilautus maia was a frog. It lived in Sri Lanka. Scientists have seen it exactly one place: Poojagoda Estate. Scientists have seen it 1400 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Pseudophilautus |
| Species: | P. maia
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophilautus maia (Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider, and Pethiyagoda, 2007)
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Unlike other frogs in Pseudophilautus, P. maia had a tympanum, or eardrum, that is easy to see.[3]
This frog is extinct. There are none alive now. Scientists say that this is because human beings cut down too many trees to make farms and places for animals to eat grass, and to get wood to build with.[3]
First paper
change- Meegaskumbura M; Manamendra-Arachchi K; Schneider CJ; Pethiyagoda R. (2007). "New species mongst Sri Lanka's extinct shrub frogs (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae: Philautus)". Zootaxa. 1397: 1–15.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus maia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T136000A156588623. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T136000A156588623.en. 136000. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus maia (Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider, and Pethiyagoda, 2007)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 David B. Wake (January 29, 2007). "Pseudophilautus maia (Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider, and Pethiyagoda, 2007)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
