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| image = Pseudophilautus Wynadensis-Chamakkav.jpg<br />
| status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=iucnweb>{{cite iucn|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/58937/0|title=''Pseudophilautus wynaadensis''|access-date=28 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Pseudophilautus wynaadensis<br />
| authority = ([[Thomas C. Jerdon|Jerdon]], 1853)<ref name=Frost/><br />
| synonyms = ''Phyllomedusa ? wynaadensis'' <small>Jerdon, 1853</small><br /><br />
''Philautus (Philautus) wynaadensis'' <small>(Jerdon, 1853)</small><br /><br />
''Ixalus wynaadensis'' <small>(Jerdon, 1853)</small><br /><br />
''Kirtixalus wynaadensis'' <small>(Jerdon, 1853)</small><br />
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'''''Pseudophilautus wynaadensis''''', also known as the '''Wayanad bush frog''', '''common bush frog''', '''tinkling frog''', '''plain-colored bush frog''', '''Malabar coast frog''', or '''dark-eared bush frog''', is a species of [[frog]] in the family [[Rhacophoridae]]. It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Western Ghats]] of [[India]].<ref name=Frost/><ref name="India Biodiversity Portal"/><br />
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==Description==<br />
[[File:Pseudophilautus wynaadensis-Amplexus.jpg|thumb|left|''Pseudophilautus wynaadensis'' in [[amplexus]] in [[Bisle]] ghats]]<br />
[[File:Pseudophilautus wynaadensis croaking.JPG|thumb|left|''Pseudophilautus wynaadensis'' calling in the night]]<br />
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''Pseudophilautus wynaadensis'' males measure {{convert|24|-|28|mm|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length; a female measured {{convert|27|mm|abbr=on}} SVL. The body is rather slender. Colouration varies, even within the same population, from uniform grey to brownish or reddish grey. The upper two-thirds of the [[Tympanum (anatomy)|tympanum]] is dark black. The [[Dorsum (anatomy)|dorsum]] has spinular projections.<ref name=philatus12/><br />
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==Distribution== <br />
It is found widely in southern [[Western Ghats]] from the regions of [[Coorg]] and [[Wayanad]] to [[Periyar (river)|Periyar]], on both sides of the [[Palakkad Gap]].<ref name=iucnweb/><ref name=Frost/><ref name=philatus12/><br />
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==Habitat==<br />
''Pseudophilautus wynaadensis'' is associated with the understorey of tropical moist evergreen forest and shrubland, as well as secondary forest and cultivated land (such as tea and coffee plantations).<ref name=iucnweb/> It is among the most common bush frogs in the area, and a dominant one in wayside vegetation and urban areas.<ref name=philatus12/> It is [[nocturnal]] and [[Arboreal locomotion|arboreal]].<ref name=iucnweb/><br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name=Frost>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Rhacophoridae/Rhacophorinae/Pseudophilautus/Pseudophilautus-wynaadensis |title=''Pseudophilautus wynaadensis'' (Jerdon, 1853) |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2018 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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<ref name="India Biodiversity Portal">{{cite web |url=https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/27890 |title=''Pseudophilautus wynaadensis'' (Jerdon, 1854) |author= |date= |work=India Biodiversity Portal |access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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<ref name=philatus12>{{cite journal|last1=Biju |first1=S. D. |last2=Bossuyt |first2=Franky |name-list-style=amp |year=2009 |title=Systematics and phylogeny of ''Philautus'' Gistel, 1848 (Anura, Rhacophoridae) in the Western Ghats of India, with descriptions of 12 new species |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=155 |issue=2 |pages=374–444 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00466.x|doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Pseudophilautus|wynaadensis]]<br />
[[Category:Frogs of India]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic fauna of the Western Ghats]]<br />
[[Category:Amphibians described in 1853]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Thomas C. Jerdon]]<br />
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