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Common Shrub Frog
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Common Shrub Frog

Pseudophilautus popularis
BirdNET IDBN10550
Taxon groupAmphibia
iNat observations436
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

Pseudophilautus popularis, the common shrub frog, is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. Scientists have seen it between 0 and 1067 meters above sea level. The adult male frog measures about 17.7 – 21.3 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog about 23.0 – 25.6 mm when full of eggs. The top of the frog's head and the skin of the dorsum are brown in color. The flanks are dark brown or black in color with some white or light blue marks. The inguinal area is gray-brown in color. The area around the tympanum has blue dots. The legs are brown with darker brown bars. The ventrum is gray-brown in color. The bottoms of the hind legs are yellow in color. The webbed skin is yellow in color. This frog is classified as vulnerable. Scientists attribute this to habitat loss from urbanization and to pollution, fertilizers, and pesticides. Scientists note that one of the places where the frog has been found, Bellanwila-Attidiya sanctuary, is a protected area.

Common Names (7 locales)

ca Philautus popularis
ceb Philautus popularis
en Common Shrub Frog
lt Paprastoji skraidvarlė
sv Philautus popularis
vi Philautus popularis
war Philautus popularis

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#66395
Macaulay Libraryt-12091431
Xeno-CantoPseudophilautus popularis
observation.org#957010
GBIF5785963
NCBI690706
AvibasePseudophilautus-popularis