Pseudophilautus maia

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Pseudophilautus maia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
†P. maia
Binomial name
†Pseudophilautus maia
(Meegaskumbara et al., 2007)
Synonyms

Philautus maiaMeegaskumbara et al., 2007

Pseudophilautus maia is an extinct species of Sri Lankan shrub frogs [1] described in 2007 from a single female museum specimen collected around 1860. It is housed at the Natural History Museum, London. It was named Top 4 New Species of 2007 by Arizona State University's International Institute for Species Exploration. [2]

This species differs from all other Sri Lankan frogs in having a discernible tympanum, an angle of the snout of about 100 degrees, having a distinct supratympanic fold, sharp canthal ridges, supernumerary tubercles on fingers but not on toes, extensive toe webbing, and dark brown reticulation on the posterior surface of the thigh, and in lacking a lingual papilla and tarsal tubercle. [3] [4]

The specific epithet maia ("good mother") was chosen to refer to the parental care the frog may have performed in life. The collected specimen had eggs attached to its belly. It is possible the female may have carried the eggs with it, as some frogs do, but it is more likely that it was positioned on a nest when it died. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus maia (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.
  2. ↑ Top 10 new species of 2008: Philautus maia. Archived 2009-01-18 at the Wayback Machine International Institute for Species Exploration. Arizona State University.
  3. 1 2 Meegaskumbara, M., et al. (2007). New species amongst Sri Lanka's extinct shrub frogs (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae: Philautus). Zootaxa 1397 1-15.
  4. ↑ David B. Wake (January 29, 2007). "Pseudophilautus maia (Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider, and Pethiyagoda, 2007)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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