Pseudophilautus jagathgunawardanai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Rajeev, Ariyarathne, Chanaka, Priyantha, Bandara et al., 2013

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Pseudophilautus jagathgunawardanai (Jagath Gunawardana's shrub frog) is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are wet lowland forests of Sri Lanka. It is threatened by habitat loss. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place: Sripada Peak between 1600 and 1750 meters above sea level. It is one of the 8 species of rhacophorids that was discovered from Adam's Peak in 2013. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place: Sripada Peak between 1600 and 1750 meters above sea level. This frog lives in cloud forests. It has been observed from ground level to as high as 6 m up in the trees. It prefers trees with lichen on the bark. The adult female frog measures 35.8 – 40.4 mm long in snout-vent length. The skin of the dorsum is light brown in color with dark brown color over the eyes and a dark brown triangular mark on the head. The flanks are olive green in color. The legs are light brown in color with some green.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Pseudophilautus jagathgunawardanai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Rajeev, Ariyarathne, Chanaka, Priyantha, Bandara et al., 2013

Name authority

Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Rajeev, Ariyarathne, Chanaka, Priyantha, Bandara et al., 2013

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Rhacophoridae

Genus

Pseudophilautus

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. genusPseudophilautus Laurent, 1943
13. speciesPseudophilautus jagathgunawardanai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Rajeev, Ariyarathne, Chanaka, Priyantha, Bandara et al., 2013

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Pseudophilautus. 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=1100582 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.

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:4P736. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.