Pseudophilautus temporalis

species of Amphibia

Pseudophilautus temporalis is a frog. It lives in Sri Lanka. Scientists saw this frog exactly one time. It is now extinct.[2][3][1]

Pseudophilautus temporalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. temporalis
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus temporalis
(Günther, 1864)
Synonyms[2]
  • Polypedates temporalis Günther, 1864
  • Ixalus leucorhinus var. temporalis Müller, 1887
  • Rhacophorus (Philautus) temporalis Ahl, 1931
  • Pseudophilautus temporalis Laurent, 1943
  • Philautus temporalis Inger, 1985
  • Philautus (Philautus) temporalis Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001
  • Rhacophorus carvirostris Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1994
  • Philautus (Kirtixalus) temporalis Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001
  • Kirtixalus temporalis Yu, Rao, Zhang, and Yang, 2009
  • Pseudophilautus temporalis Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

The adult female frog is 28.4-31.0 mm long from nose to rear end.[3]

Scientists believe that these frogs hatched out of its eggs as small frogs, not tadpoles, like other frogs in Pseudophilautus.[3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Tubercle Shrub Frog: Pseudophilautus temporalis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58924A156585775. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58924A156585775.en. 58924. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus temporalis (Günther, 1864)". 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 3.2 Krystal Gong (April 13, 2009). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Pseudophilautus temporalis (Günther, 1864)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 6, 2023.