Pseudophilautus popularis (Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005)

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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.

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Identity & source status

Scientific name

Pseudophilautus popularis (Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005)

Name authority

(Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 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 popularis (Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005)

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.

Names & synonyms

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Source literature & publication evidence

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1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1102321 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:4P748. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.