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Taruga longinasus (common names: southern whipping frog, long-snouted tree-frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka . It has been observed between 150 and 1300 m above sea level.
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Pseudophilautus tanu occurs in forest-edges in open shrub areas of the lowland wet zone of Sri Lanka, 24–45 m (79–148 ft) above sea level. [1] Males have been found sitting on leaves of shrubs about 0.5–1 m (2–3 ft) above the ground. [2] Pseudophilautus tanu is a common species within its habitat. [1]
Taruga is a genus of frogs endemic to Sri Lanka. They are the only foam-nesting tree frogs in the Old World Tree frog family, Rhacophoridae. Genus Taruga was previously assigned to the genus Polypedates. As presently understood, Taruga comprises three named species: T. fastigo, T. eques and T. longinasus.
Pseudophilautus hypomelas is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sri Lanka. [2] It is sometimes referred to as the webless shrub frog. [3] In 2004 it was declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature when, despite extensive field efforts, no specimen had been seen in the wild after the species was described by Albert Günther in 1876. [1]
Pseudophilautus dilmah, the Dilmah shrub frog, is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae, endemic to Sri Lanka. [1] The species was discovered and documented in 2015 by Sri Lankan prominent wildlife researcher and herpetologist Mendis Wickramasinghe and his crew from Loolkandura forest of Central highlands of Sri Lanka, 1324 meters above sea level. [2]
Pseudophilautus asankai, commonly called Asanka's shrub frog (named after Asanka Goonewardena), is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. [2] [3] [4] It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Polypedates cruciger (commonly known as the Sri Lanka whipping frog or common hour-glass tree-frog) is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae endemic to Sri Lanka. [2] [3] It has been osbserved as high as 1600 meters above sea level. [1] This frog can tolerate different habitats, including secondary forest, banana