Pseudophilautus limbus

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Pseudophilautus limbus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. limbus
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus limbus
Synonyms [2]

Philautus limbusManamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2004 [3]

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Pseudophilautus limbus, [1] [2] also known as Haycock shrub frog, [4] is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka, including its type locality, Haycock Hill (Hiniduma) Forest Reserve. [1] [2] The specific name limbus, from the Latin for "edge" or "border", refers to the species originally having been known only from the border of the Haycock Hill Forest Reserve. [3]

Description

The holotype, an adult male, measures 26 mm (1.0 in) in snout–vent length. The body is slender. The head is dorsally concave. The snout is obtusely pointed in lateral view. The tympanum is visible and oval in shape. The supratympanic fold is prominent. The toes are partially webbed. The dorsal coloration is white with dark-brown and reddish-orange patches. The flanks are whitish and have a few dark-brown patches. The upper lip is dark brown and has white and black patches. The lower parts are ashy white. [3]

Habitat and conservation

Pseudophilautus limbus occurs along the forest edge in tea plantations, home gardens, and grasslands, and within lowland forests, at elevations of 61–660 m (200–2,165 ft) above sea level. It presumably has direct development [1] (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage [5] ). It tolerates habitat modification and can be locally common. It is, nevertheless, believed to suffer from the loss of its habitat and from deterioration of habitat quality. Future climate change prolonging the dry period is also a potential threat. It is present in two forest reserves, its type locality and the Kanneliya Forest Reserve. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus limbus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T58863A156582739. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58863A156582739.en . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2022). "Pseudophilautus limbus (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World: An Online Reference. Version 6.1. American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.vz.0001 . Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum & Pethiyagoda, Rohan (2005). "The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 12: 163–303. (Philautus limbus: p. 242–244)
  4. ↑ "27 new Pseudophilautus (firstly: Philautus) • Sri Lankan Shrub Frogs (Rhacophorinae)". Novataxa. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Vitt, Laurie J. & Caldwell, Janalee P. (2014). Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles (4th ed.). Academic Press. p. 166.
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