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Kelaart's Starry Shrub Frog

Shrub Frogs & Tree Frogs

Pseudophilautus stellatus

Basic stats

Habitat

Cloud forest canopy, 1-10m up, at 1,540-1,679m

Range

Peak Wilderness, Central Hills

Size

40-55mm snout-vent

The starry shrub frog, Pseudophilautus stellatus, is endemic to Sri Lanka. It was thought extinct for 156 years, known only from a lost holotype described by Edward Frederick Kelaart in 1853, until it was rediscovered in 2009 in the Peak Wilderness, and a neotype was designated in 2013. It reaches 40 to 55 mm from snout to vent, and is bright green with scattered pinkish-white spots outlined in dark brown, with dark brown transverse bands on white flanks (Wikipedia, general species account).

It was found in cloud forest at 1,540 to 1,679 m, nocturnal and living in the canopy 1 to 10 m up. The 2012 National Red List gives no status under this name.

Quick answers

What habitat does the Kelaart's Starry Shrub Frog live in?
Cloud forest canopy, 1-10m up, at 1,540-1,679m
Where is the Kelaart's Starry Shrub Frog found?
Peak Wilderness, Central Hills
How big is the Kelaart's Starry Shrub Frog?
40-55mm snout-vent
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