Pseudophilautus jagathgunawardanai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Rajeev, Ariyarathne, Chanaka, Priyantha, Bandara, Wickramasinghe, 2013

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Pseudophilautus > Species: Pseudophilautus jagathgunawardanai

Pseudophilautus jagathgunawardanai Wickramasinghe, Vidanapathirana, Rajeev, Ariyarathne, Chanaka, Priyantha, Bandara, and Wickramasinghe, 2013, J. Threatened Taxa, 5: 3818. Holotype: NMSL 2013.03.01 NH,, by original designation. Type locality: "Sripada (Peak Wilderness), Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka (06° 48’ 31” N & 80° 29’ 10” E; 1642 m)". 

English Names

Jagath Gunawardana’s Shrub Frog (original publication). 

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality (Sripada Peak, Peak Wilderness, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, in cloud forests of elevation 1600–1750 m. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Sri Lanka

Endemic: Sri Lanka

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