Pseudophilautus temporalis (Günther, 1864)
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Description Color in preservative: Head, dorsum, upper flank, dorsal and lateral forelimb and foot are yellowish pale-brown with small brown spots. Lower flank is yellow, and the inguinal area pale yellow. Thigh and shank have indistinct crossbars dorsally, on a yellowish pale-brown background. Ventral thigh is pale brownish-yellow. Throat, throat margin, and chest are pale yellow with brown dots. Belly is yellow. Webbing is pale yellow (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 2005). Distribution and Habitat Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Sri Lanka
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors Larva Trends and Threats Possible reasons for amphibian decline General habitat alteration and loss
References
Günther, A. (1869). ''First account of species of tailless batrachians added to the collection of the British Museum.'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1868, 478-499. Manamendra-Arachchi, K., and Pethiyagoda, R. (2005). ''The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species.'' Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 12, 163-303. Stuart, S., Hoffmann, M., Chanson, J., Cox, N., Berridge, R., Ramani, P., Young, B. (eds) (2008). Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Edicions, IUCN, and Conservation International, Barcelona, Spain; Gland, Switzerland; and Arlington, Virginia, USA. Originally submitted by: Krystal Gong (first posted 2009-04-13) Edited by: Kellie Whittaker (2022-08-18) Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2022 Pseudophilautus temporalis <https://amphibiaweb.org/species/4461> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Nov 13, 2024.
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