Pseudophilautus zorro: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Rhacophoridae
- Genus
- Pseudophilautus
- Species
- Pseudophilautus zorro
- Scientific Name
- Pseudophilautus zorro
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pseudophilautus zorro
Pseudophilautus zorro, the Gannoruwa shrub frog, is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to central Sri Lanka. People have seen it near Kandy and in the Knuckles Forest Reserve, 500–800 meters above sea level.
Its natural habitat is closed-canopy rainforest, but it can also occur in residential gardens with plenty of leaf-litter. It is threatened by habitat loss. Conde et al. have estimated that protecting habitat of this species would cost of order US$200,000.
The adult male frog is 19–23 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 22–30 mm. The skin of the frog's back is brown in color, and its belly has dark brown color on it. The frogs in this species can look different from each other. They can be light brown, pale, green, or yellow. Scientists say this is to make the frog harder to see.
There are fewer of this frog than there were in the past. Scientists think this is because human beings build things in places where the frog lives and because of chemicals meant to kill pests and meant to make plants grow.
...Pseudophilautus zorro in languages:
- English
- Gannoruwa Shrub Frog
- Lithuanian
- Kaukėtoji skraidvarlė
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Pseudophilautus abundus
- Pseudophilautus adspersus
- Pseudophilautus alto
- Pseudophilautus amboli
- Pseudophilautus asankai
- Pseudophilautus auratus
- Pseudophilautus bambaradeniyai
- Pseudophilautus caeruleus
- Pseudophilautus cavirostris
- Pseudophilautus conniffae
- Pseudophilautus cuspis
- Pseudophilautus dayawansai
- Pseudophilautus decoris
- Pseudophilautus dilmah
- Pseudophilautus dimbullae
- Pseudophilautus eximius
- Pseudophilautus extirpo
- Pseudophilautus femoralis
- Pseudophilautus fergusonianus
- Pseudophilautus folicola
- Pseudophilautus frankenbergi
- Pseudophilautus fulvus
- Pseudophilautus hallidayi
- Pseudophilautus halyi
- Pseudophilautus hankeni
- Pseudophilautus hoffmanni
- Pseudophilautus hoipolloi
- Pseudophilautus hypomelas
- Pseudophilautus jagathgunawardanai
- Pseudophilautus kani
- Pseudophilautus karunarathnai
- Pseudophilautus leucorhinus
- Pseudophilautus limbus
- Pseudophilautus lunatus
- Pseudophilautus macropus
- Pseudophilautus maia
- Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi
- Pseudophilautus microtympanum
- Pseudophilautus mittermeieri
- Pseudophilautus mooreorum
- Pseudophilautus nanus
- Pseudophilautus nasutus
- Pseudophilautus nemus
- Pseudophilautus newtonjayawardanei
- Pseudophilautus ocularis
- Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus
- Pseudophilautus papillosus
- Pseudophilautus pardus
- Pseudophilautus pleurotaenia
- Pseudophilautus poppiae
- Pseudophilautus popularis
- Pseudophilautus procax
- Pseudophilautus puranappu
- Pseudophilautus regius
- Pseudophilautus reticulatus
- Pseudophilautus rugatus
- Pseudophilautus rus
- Pseudophilautus samarakoon
- Pseudophilautus sarasinorum
- Pseudophilautus schmarda
- Pseudophilautus schneideri
- Pseudophilautus semiruber
- Pseudophilautus silus
- Pseudophilautus silvaticus
- Pseudophilautus simba
- Pseudophilautus singu
- Pseudophilautus sirilwijesundarai
- Pseudophilautus sordidus
- Pseudophilautus steineri
- Pseudophilautus stellatus
- Pseudophilautus stictomerus
- Pseudophilautus stuarti
- Pseudophilautus tanu
- Pseudophilautus temporalis
- Pseudophilautus variabilis
- Pseudophilautus viridis
- Pseudophilautus wynaadensis
- Pseudophilautus zal
- Pseudophilautus zimmeri
- Pseudophilautus zorro







