What is Pseudophilautus silus?
{{italictitle}} {{Speciesbox | image =Pseudophilautus silus.JPG | status =EN | status_ref =<ref name=Amph/> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Pseudophilautus silus | authority = (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Philautus silus'' Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005 *''Pseudophilautus silus'' Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009 | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} The '''pug-nosed shrub frog''' (''Pseudophilautus silus'') is a [[frog]]. It lives in the middle of [[Sri Lanka]] on the Horton Plains plateau and other places where the tree branches [[canopy (biology)|come together like a roof]]. People have seen it between 1550 and 1600 meters above sea level.<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |title=''Pseudophilautus silus'' (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005) |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Pseudophilautus/Pseudophilautus-silus |access-date=October 31, 2023}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |title= ''Pseudophilautus silus'' (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005) |author1= |editor1= |date= |language= |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/6511 |access-date=October 31, 2023}}</ref> ==First paper== *{{cite journal|author1=Manamendra-Arachchi K |author2= Pethiyagoda R |year=2005 |title=The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae:Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. |journal=Raffles Bull Zool Suppl. |volume=12|pages=163-303}} ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Frogs of Asia]] {{Taxonbar|from=Q28061905}} {{biology-stub}}