Pseudophilautus temporalis

Pseudophilautus temporalis is a frog. It lives in Sri Lanka. Scientists saw this frog exactly one time. It is now extinct.[2][3][1]

Pseudophilautus temporalis
File:Pseudophilautus temporalis.jpg
Conservation status
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. temporalis
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus temporalis
(Günther, 1864)
Synonyms[2]
  • Polypedates temporalis Günther, 1864
  • Ixalus leucorhinus var. temporalis Müller, 1887
  • Rhacophorus (Philautus) temporalis Ahl, 1931
  • Pseudophilautus temporalis Laurent, 1943
  • Philautus temporalis Inger, 1985
  • Philautus (Philautus) temporalis Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001
  • Rhacophorus carvirostris Lue, Lai, and Chen, 1994
  • Philautus (Kirtixalus) temporalis Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001
  • Kirtixalus temporalis Yu, Rao, Zhang, and Yang, 2009
  • Pseudophilautus temporalis Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

The adult female frog is 28.4-31.0 mm long from nose to rear end.[3]

Scientists believe that these frogs hatched out of its eggs as small frogs, not tadpoles, like other frogs in Pseudophilautus.[3]

References

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