Pseudophilautus sirilwijesundarai

Siril Wijesundara's shrub frog (Pseudophilautus sirilwijesundarai) is a frog.  It lives in Sri Lanka. Scientists have seen it in exactly one place: Sripada Peak in the Peak Wilderness, between 1600 and 1700 meters above sea level.

The adult male frog is 22.3 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 32.5 mm long.  The skin of the frog's back is dark brown with some green. There are dark red spots on both sides of the body. There is a dark red mark under each eye.  The sides of the body are dark red with yellow-white marks. There are dark red marks on all four legs and all ten toes. The front of the neck is are dark brown.

This frog lives in cloud forests on mountains. People have seen it sitting on branches 10 m above the ground, near moss.

Like other frogs in Pseudophilautus, this frog hatches from its egg as a small frog. It never swims as a tadpole.

Scientists named this frog after Siril Wijesundara, director of Sri Lanka's Royal Botannical Gardens.

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Category:Frogs of Asia