Pseudophilautus tanu

species of Amphibia

The Sri Lanka petite shrub frog (Pseudophilautus tanu) was a frog. It lives in Sri Lanka.[2][3][1]

Pseudophilautus tanu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. tanu
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus tanu
(Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, and Pethiyagoda, 2009)
Synonyms[2]
  • Philautus tanu Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, and Pethiyagoda, 2009
  • Pseudophilautus tanu Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

This frog lives in shrubs in open areas. Unlike other frogs in Pseudophilautus, it does not live in deep forests or high in the hills. It lives in low wetlands.[4]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus tanu". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T187832A156588970. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T187832A156588970.en. 187832. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus tanu (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. "Pseudophilautus tanu (Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider, and Pethiyagoda, 2007)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  4. Meegaskumbura M; Manamendra-Arachchi K; Pethiyagoda R (2009). "Two new species of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae: Philautus) from the lowlands of Sri Lanka". Zootaxa (Abstract). 2122: 51–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2122.1.2. Retrieved December 1, 2023.