Pseudophilautus zimmeri
| Pseudophilautus zimmeri | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Rhacophoridae |
| Genus: | Pseudophilautus |
| Species: | P. zimmeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophilautus zimmeri (Ahl, 1927) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Philautus zimmeri (Ahl, 1927) | |
Pseudophilautus zimmeri is an extinct species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It was endemic to Sri Lanka, where it was recorded from the vicinity of Galle. It was a small frog—the holotype measures 31.6 mm from snout to vent—which resembled Pseudophilautus fulvus. P. zimmeri is assumed to have become extinct due to habitat loss caused by urbanization.
References
- Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & de Silva, A. 2004. Pseudophilautus zimmeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.
- Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Pethiyagoda, R. (2005). "The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 12: 163–303.