Pseudophilautus wynaadensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Rhacophoridae |
Genus: | Pseudophilautus |
Species: | P. wynaadensis
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Binomial name | |
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Phyllomedusa ? wynaadensis Jerdon, 1853 |
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis, commonly known as the Wayanad bush frog, common bush frog, jerdon's bush frog, plain-colored bush frog, Malabar coast frog, or dark-eared bush frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of southwest India.
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis males measure 24–28 mm (0.94–1.10 in) in snout–vent length; a female measured 27 mm (1.1 in) SVL. The body is rather slender. Colouration varies, even within the same population, from uniform grey to brownish or reddish grey. The upper two-thirds of the tympanum is dark black. The dorsum has spinular projections. [3]
It is found widely in southern Western Ghats from the regions of Coorg and Wayanad to Periyar, on both sides of the Palakkad Gap. [1] [2] [3]
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis is associated with the understorey of tropical moist evergreen forest and shrubland, as well as secondary forest and cultivated land (such as tea and coffee plantations). [1] It is among the most common bush frogs in the area, and a dominant one in wayside vegetation and urban areas. [3] It is nocturnal and arboreal. [1]
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Rhacophoridae |
Genus: | Pseudophilautus |
Species: | P. wynaadensis
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Binomial name | |
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Phyllomedusa ? wynaadensis Jerdon, 1853 |
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis, commonly known as the Wayanad bush frog, common bush frog, jerdon's bush frog, plain-colored bush frog, Malabar coast frog, or dark-eared bush frog, is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats of southwest India.
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis males measure 24–28 mm (0.94–1.10 in) in snout–vent length; a female measured 27 mm (1.1 in) SVL. The body is rather slender. Colouration varies, even within the same population, from uniform grey to brownish or reddish grey. The upper two-thirds of the tympanum is dark black. The dorsum has spinular projections. [3]
It is found widely in southern Western Ghats from the regions of Coorg and Wayanad to Periyar, on both sides of the Palakkad Gap. [1] [2] [3]
Pseudophilautus wynaadensis is associated with the understorey of tropical moist evergreen forest and shrubland, as well as secondary forest and cultivated land (such as tea and coffee plantations). [1] It is among the most common bush frogs in the area, and a dominant one in wayside vegetation and urban areas. [3] It is nocturnal and arboreal. [1]