Pseudophilautus halyi

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Pseudophilautus halyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
†P. halyi
Binomial name
†Pseudophilautus halyi
(Boulenger, 1904)
Synonyms[2]

Ixalus halyi Boulenger, 1904
Rhacophorus halyi (Boulenger, 1904)
Philautus halyi (Boulenger, 1904)

Pseudophilautus halyi, known as pattipola shrub frog, is an

Ceylon Museum, author of the "Natural History of Ceylon",[4] and the collector of the holotype.[3]

Description

The holotype is an adult male measuring 28 mm (1.1 in) in snout–vent length. The body is stout. The snout is bluntly angled dorsally and rounded in profile. The tympanum is visible, and the supratympanic fold is prominent. The canthal edges are sharp. Skin is granular or shagreened with glandular warts. The fingers have dermal fringes whereas the toes are medially webbed. The upper parts of the alcohol-preserved specimen are uniformly brown and the underside is pale yellowish brown.[3]

Distribution and conservation

The holotype was collected in 1899 (or before) in

habitat loss.[1]

Pattipola in Sri Lanka.
Pattipola in Sri Lanka.
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Pseudophilautus halyi is only known from the holotype from Pattipola, Sri Lanka.

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58852A156582452.en
    . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Pseudophilautus halyi (Boulenger, 1904)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e 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 halyi: p. 210–212)
  4. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8
    .
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