Wildlifeof Sri Lanka
Steiner's Shrub Frog
Shrub Frogs & Tree Frogs
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Pseudophilautus steineri
Basic stats
Habitat
Closed-canopy forest among leaf litter, shrubs and sub-canopy trees
Range
High elevations of the Knuckles Range
Steiner's shrub frog is endemic to Sri Lanka and lives at high elevations in the Knuckles Range. It stays in closed-canopy habitat among leaf litter, shrubs and sub-canopy trees, and males have been heard calling from branches 0.3 to 3 m up. Breeding is presumed to be by direct development. It has low tolerance of habitat disturbance because it depends on canopy cover (Wikipedia, general species account).
Nationally Critically Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Steiner's Shrub Frog live in?
- Closed-canopy forest among leaf litter, shrubs and sub-canopy trees
- Where is the Steiner's Shrub Frog found?
- High elevations of the Knuckles Range