Pseudophilautus stellatus

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 stellatus

Name

Pseudophilautus stellatus (Kelaart, 1853)

Type locality: "Newera-Ellia, Ceylon".

Holotype: BM ?

Synonyms

• Polypedates stellata Kelaart, 1853
• Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) stellatus — Ahl, 1931
• Philautus (Kirtixalus) stellatus — Bossuyt & Dubois, 2001
• Philautus stellatus — Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005
• Kirtixalus stellatus — Yu, Rao, Zhang & Yang, 2009
• Pseudophilautus stellatus — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao & Zhang, 2009

References

• Kelaart, E.F. 1853: Part IV. Ceylon Amphibia. Prodromus Faunae Zeylanicae; Contributions to the Zoology of Ceylon. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1: 189–197.
• Bossuyt, F. & A. Dubois. 2001: A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica. Colombo, 6: 1–112.
• 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 stellatus. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/.
• 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species IUCN: Pseudophilautus stellatus  (Extinct) Downloaded on 11 July 2008.
• Mendis Wickramasinghe, L.J. et al. 2013: Lost and found: One of the world's most elusive amphibians, Pseudophilautus stellatus (Kelaart 1853) rediscovered. Zootaxa 3620(1): 112–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3620.1.5 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Star-shaped Bubble-nest Frog