Common Shrub Frog

The common shrub frog is a small Sri Lankan endemic. Males measure 17.7 to 21.3 mm from snout to vent and females 23.0 to 25.6 mm when carrying eggs. The head and back are brown, the flanks dark brown or black with white or light blue marks, the legs brown with darker bars, and the belly grey-brown. The hind-leg undersides and webbing are yellow, and there are blue dots around the eardrum (Wikipedia, citing Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 2005).

It was described in the 2005 revision of the Sri Lankan shrub frogs, which named 27 new species. Nationally Near Threatened (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).