Pseudophilautus nasutus
species of Amphibia
The snouted bubble-nest frog or sharp-nosed bush frog (Pseudophilautus nasutus) is a frog. It lived in India and Sri Lanka. Scientists have seen it in the Western Ghat mountains.[2][3][1]
Pseudophilautus nasutus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Rhacophoridae |
Genus: | Pseudophilautus |
Species: | P. nasutus
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Binomial name | |
Pseudophilautus nasutus (Günther, 1869)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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This frog is extinct. All the frogs in this species are dead.[1]
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
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Sharp-nosed Bush Frog: Pseudophilautus nasutus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58878A156583411. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58878A156583411.en. 58878. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus nasutus (Günther, 1869)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Krystal Gong (September 8, 2009). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Pseudophilautus nasutus (Günther, 1869)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 5, 2023.