Philautus cardamonus Ohler, Swan & Daltry, 2002

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Philautus cardamonus is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae.

It is endemic to Cambodia, only known from the vicinity of the type locality in the Phnom Sankos Wildlife Sanctuary in the Cardamom Mountains. This frog has been observed between 1,000 and 1,700 meters above sea level.

This frog can measure as much as 19.3 mm in snout-vent length. The skin of the dorsum is tan and dark brown in color. The tympanum is also dark brown. The throat and chest have white and dark brown pigmentation. The front legs are short and thick.

This frog lives in evergreen forests. Scientists believe this frog undergoes direct development, hatching from its egg as a froglet with no free-swimming tadpole stage, but this has not been directly observed.

This frog is in danger of dying out because of its limited range. Because this frog lives high in the hills, it might not be able to travel between fragmented habitats, especially when there has been extensive logging in the lowlands in between.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Philautus cardamonus Ohler, Swan & Daltry, 2002

Name authority

Ohler, Swan & Daltry, 2002

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Rhacophoridae

Genus

Philautus

Extinction status

Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. megaclassTetrapoda
8. classAmphibia
9. orderAnura
10. familyRhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932
11. subfamilyRhacophorinae Hoffman, 1932
12. genusPhilautus Gistel, 1848
13. speciesPhilautus cardamonus Ohler, Swan & Daltry, 2002

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Philautus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Browse 395 records assigned to Rhacophoridae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=665517 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4G5F2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.