Pseudophilautus mooreorum (Meegaskumbura & Manamendra-Arachchi, 2005)

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Pseudophilautus mooreorum, commonly known as Moore's shrub frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Scientists have observed it in the Knuckles Hills between 1100 and 1245 meters above sea level. The adult male frog measures 29.4 – 31.3 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female 33.8 – 35.0 mm. The frog's head is a bright, luminous green color. The flanks are yellow and white in color. Parts of the mouth are white in color. The tops of the hind legs are green in color, and parts of the tops of the back legs are white in color. The toes of all four feet are white in color. This frog has disks on its toes for climbing. They are white in color. This frog lives on shrubs. Scientists have seen the male frogs sitting in the shrubs in the understory 1–3 meters above the ground. They live in cloud forests where the trees form a closed canopy.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Pseudophilautus mooreorum (Meegaskumbura & Manamendra-Arachchi, 2005)

Name authority

(Meegaskumbura & Manamendra-Arachchi, 2005)

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 mooreorum (Meegaskumbura & Manamendra-Arachchi, 2005)

Close classified relatives

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

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Source literature & publication evidence

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1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1101240 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:4P73Q. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.