Biology:Pseudophilautus auratus
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Short description: Species of frog
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Pseudophilautus |
| Species: | P. auratus
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| Pseudophilautus auratus (Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005)
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Pseudophilautus auratus, commonly called golden shrub frog,[3] is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae, endemic to Sri Lanka,[1] where it lives in closed-canopy cloud forests between 513 and 1270 meters above sea level, including the Sinharaja World Heritage Site and Kanneliya Forest.[4][5]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus auratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58819A156581200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58819A156581200.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58819/156581200. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ 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". Contributions to Biodiversity Exploration and Research in Sri Lanka. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement. 12. pp. 279–280. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/s12rbz163-303.pdf.
- ↑ "27 new Pseudophilautus (firstly: Philautus) • Sri Lankan Shrub Frogs (Rhacophorinae)". Novataxa. July 2011. http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2011/07/herpetology-2005-27-new-pseudophilautus.html. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ Frost, Darrel R.. "Pseudophilautus auratus (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". American Museum of Natural History, New York. https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Pseudophilautus/Pseudophilautus-auratus.
- ↑ "Pseudophilautus auratus (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". University of California, Berkeley. https://amphibiaweb.org/species/6506.
Wikidata ☰ Q28061055 entry
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