Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It lives up to 1 metre
above the ground
on leaves and twigs
in lowland
moist forest
, degraded forest, small farms
, and urban gardens in
the lowland wet zone. It is very adaptable. It is a species that
breeds
by direct development
.[1]
List of Habitats
:
1.6
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
14.1
Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
14.2
Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland
14.4
Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens
14.6
Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded
Former Forest
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Amphibia
()
- Gray, 1825
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Superorder:
Salientia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Rhacophoroidea
()
- (Hoffman, 1932 (1858))
- Family:
Rhacophoridae
()
- Hoffman, 1932 (1858)
- Subfamily:
Rhacophorinae
()
- Genus:
Philautus
()
- Gistel, 1848, nom. nov.
- Specific name:
popularis
- Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005
- Scientific name: - Philautus popularis Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005
- Specific name:
popularis
- Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005
- Genus:
Philautus
(
- Subfamily:
Rhacophorinae
(
- Family:
Rhacophoridae
(
- Superfamily:
Rhacophoroidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Superorder:
Salientia
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Class:
Amphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
Similar Species
Members of the genus Philautus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. acutirostris (Philippine Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. annandalii (Annandale's Bush Frog) · P. aurifasciatus (Java Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. charius (Karnataka Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. femoralis (Plain Green Bush Frog) · P. ingeri (Inger's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. leitensis (Leyte Tree Frog) · P. leucorhinus (Pointed-Nosed Bush Frog) · P. microtympanum (Gunther's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. mjobergi (Murud Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. petersi (Peter's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. poecilius (Mottled Tree Frog) · P. rhododiscus (Chinese Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. schmackeri (Mindoro Tree Frog) · P. signatus (Boulenger's Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. surdus (Luzon Bubble-Nest Frog) · P. vittiger (Indonesian Bubble-Nest Frog)
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Further Reading
- Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
- Manamendra-Arachchi, K. and Pethiyagoda, R. 2005. The Sri Lankan Shrub-frogs of the Genus Philautus Laurent, 1943 (Ranidae, Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 12: 163-303.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 1, 2012.
Identifiers
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-775282
- IUCN ID: 58889
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3962655
Footnotes
- Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
