Kandian Shrub Frog

The Kandian shrub frog is endemic to Sri Lanka and has been recorded at 500 to 800 m. Males measure 20.6 to 24.1 mm from snout to vent and females up to 23.1 mm. The back is dark brown with black marks on the tops of the hind legs, the area by the eardrum dark brown with lighter marks, the eardrum itself red-brown, and the flanks light brown and yellow. Like other Pseudophilautus, it develops directly, hatching as froglets with no tadpole stage (Wikipedia, general species account).

Its name rus is Latin for countryside, because it was found in the countryside around Kandy. Nationally Critically Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).