Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi

Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. malcolmsmithi
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi
(Ahl, 1927)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhacophorus malcolmsmithi Ahl, 1927
  • Rhacophorus (Philautus) malcolmsmithi Ahl, 1931
  • Staurois malcolmsmithi Forcart, 1946
  • Philautus malcolmsmithi Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005
  • Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi is a frog. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place: Sri Lanka.[2][3][1]

This frog is extinct. Every frog in this species is dead. Scientists believe that this is because human beings changed the places where the frog lived too much.[3]

One female frog was 14.9 mm long from nose to rear end.[3]

First paper

  • Manamendra-Arachchi K; Pethiyagoda R (2005). "The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae:Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species". Raffles Bull Zool Suppl. 12: 163–303. Retrieved October 25, 2023.

References

  1. 1 2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. p. e.T58869A156583167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58869A156583167.en. 58869. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi (Ahl, 1927)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Krystal Gong (April 13, 2009). Kellie Whittaker (ed.). "Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi (Ahl, 1927)". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved October 26, 2023.