Pseudophilautus rus
{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Pseudophilautus rus adult male.jpg
| image_caption = Adult male from Hantane Range, Kandy
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Pseudophilautus rus
| authority = (Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2004)
| synonyms = Philautus rus Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2004
}}
Pseudophilautus rus, known as Kandian shrub frog is a species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae.{{cite web |url=http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2011/07/herpetology-2005-27-new-pseudophilautus.html |title=27 new Pseudophilautus (firstly: Philautus) • Sri Lankan Shrub Frogs (Rhacophorinae)|publisher=Novataxa|accessdate=3 February 2019}}
It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest.Scientists have seen it between 500 and 800 meters above sea level.{{BioRef|ASW6
|title=Pseudophilautus regius (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)
|url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Pseudophilautus/Pseudophilautus-rus
|access-date=November 26, 2023}}{{BioRef|amphibiaweb
|title= Pseudophilautus rus (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)
|author1= Dinal Samarasinghe
|editor1= Michelle S. Koo|editor2= John Cavagnaro
|date=July 31, 2023
|language=
|url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/6493
|access-date=November 26, 2023}}{{cite web
|title=Kandyan Shrub Frog: Pseudophilautus rus
|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/58896/156584717
|website=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
|page= e.T58896A156584717
|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58896A156584717.en
|id=58896
|year=2020
|author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group
|accessdate=November 26, 2023}}
The adult male frog measures about 20.6 – 24.1 mm in snout-vent length and the adult female frog can be as long as 23.1 mm long.
The skin of the dorsum is dark brown in color. It has dark black marks on the tops of its back legs. The area near the tympanum is dark brown with lighter brown marks. The tympanum itself is red-brown in color. The flanks are light brown and yellow in color. The webbing is dark brown in color.
Like other frogs in Pseudophilautus, P. rus undergoes direct development, hatching as froglets rather than free-swimming tadpoles.
This frog is classified as near threatened. Scientists attribute this to habitat loss from urbanization and because of pollution, pesticides, and fertilizers.
The frog's scientific name, rus, comes from a Latin word that means "countryside" or "farmland." This is because scientists found the frog in the countryside in Kandy.
==References==
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Category:Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Category:Taxa named by Rohan Pethiyagoda
Category:Amphibians described in 2004
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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