Pseudophilautus singu

Sri Lanka Short-horned Shrub Frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Subfamily: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species: P. singu
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus singu
(Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2009)
Synonyms

Philautus singu (Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2009)

The Sri Lanka Short-horned shrub frog, (Pseudophilautus singu) is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family, endemic to Sri Lanka.

Its natural habitats are wet lowland forests of Sri Lanka. It is threatened by habitat loss and usage of fertilizers in plantations.[1]

Description

The most striking feature of this species to distinguish easily by the creamy stripe running through the vertebral column from tip of the snout to tail end.

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