Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi
species of Amphibia
Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi is a frog. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place: Sri Lanka.[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. malcolmsmithi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi (Ahl, 1927)
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This frog is extinct. Every frog in this species is dead. Scientists believe that this is because human beings changed the places where the frog lived too much.[3]
One female frog was 14.9 mm long from nose to rear end.[3]
First paper
change- Manamendra-Arachchi K; Pethiyagoda R (2005). "The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae:Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species". Raffles Bull Zool Suppl. 12: 163–303. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58869A156583167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58869A156583167.en. 58869. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi (Ahl, 1927)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Krystal Gong (April 13, 2009). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi (Ahl, 1927)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
