Pseudophilautus nanus

Pseudophilautus nanus

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 nanus

Name

Pseudophilautus nanus (Günther, 1869)

Type locality: "Southern Ceylon [= Sri Lanka]".

Lectotype: BM 1947.2.7.

Synonyms

• Polypedates nanus Günther, 1869
• Rhacophorus nanus — Boulenger, 1882
• Philautus (Kirtixalus) nanus — Dubois, 1999
• Philautus nanus — Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005
• Pseudophilautus nanus — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009

References

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1869 "1868": First account of species of tailless batrachians added to the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1868: 478–490.
• 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 nanus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pseudophilautus nanus  (Extinct) Downloaded on 11 July 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Tiny Bubble-nest Frog