Pseudophilautus schmarda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Rhacophoridae
Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species: Pseudophilautus schmarda

Name

Pseudophilautus schmarda (Kelaart, 1854)

Type locality: "Adam's Peak (5,600 feet)", Sri Lanka.

Neotype: WHT 3353.

Synonyms

• Polypedates (?) Schmarda Kelaart, 1854
• Polypedates (?) Schmardana — Kelaart, 1854
• Ixalus poecilopleurus Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856
• Ixalus schmardae — Peters, 1860
• Ixalus schmardanus — Ferguson, 1875
• Philautus schmardanus — Boulenger, 1882
• Rhacophorus (Philautus) schmardanus — Ahl, 1931
• Theloderma schmardanus — Liem, 1970
• Theloderma schmardanum — Frost, 1985
• Theloderma schmarda — Dutta & Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996
• Philautus schmarda — Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005
• Kirtixalus schmarda — Yu, Rao, Zhang & Yang, 2009
• Pseudophilautus schmarda — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao & Zhang, 2009

References

• Kelaart, E.F. 1854: Descriptions of new species of Ceylon Reptiles. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 2, 13: 407–408.
• Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & R. Pethiyagoda. 2005: The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. Contributions to Biodiversity Exploration and Research in Sri Lanka. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement, 12: 163–303.
• Li, J.-t., J. Che, R. W. Murphy, H. Zhao, E.-m. Zhao, D.-q. Rao & Y.-p. Zhang. 2009: New insights to the molecular phylogenetics and generic assessment in the Rhacophoridae (Amphibia: Anura) based on five nuclear and three mitochondrial genes, with comments on the evolution of reproduction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53: 509–522.
• AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: Pseudophilautus schmarda. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pseudophilautus schmarda  (Endangered) Downloaded on 11 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Schmarda Bubble-nest Frog