Pseudophilautus frankenbergi (Meegaskumbura and Manamendra-Arachchi, 2005)
Philautus frankenbergi Meegaskumbura and Manamendra-Arachchi, 2005, Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl., 12: 323. Holotype: WHT 2554, by original designation. Type locality: "Horton National Park, elevation 2135 m (06° 46′ N, 81° 07′ E)", Sri Lanka.
Pseudophilautus frankenbergi — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 519. Provisional change by implication.
English Names
Frankenberg's Shrub Frog (De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 101).
Distribution
Restricted to the highest peaks of the Central Hills, 1850-2135 m elevation, Sri Lanka.
Comment
The sister taxon of Pseudophilautus auratus (as Philautus) according to the original publication. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 522. De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 101, provided a brief account and color photograph.
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