Pseudophilautus zimmeri
Pseudophilautus zimmeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Rhacophoridae |
Subfamily: | Rhacophorinae |
Genus: | Pseudophilautus |
Species: | P. zimmeri |
Binomial name | |
Pseudophilautus zimmeri (Ahl, 1927) | |
Synonyms | |
Philautus zimmeri (Ahl, 1927) |
Pseudophilautus zimmeri is an extinct species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It was endemic to Sri Lanka, where it was recorded from the vicinity of Galle. It was a small frog—the holotype measures 31.6 mm from snout to vent—which resembled Pseudophilautus fulvus. P. zimmeri is assumed to have become extinct due to habitat loss caused by urbanization.
References
- Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & de Silva, A. 2004. Pseudophilautus zimmeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- 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" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 12: 163–303.
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