Pseudophilautus temporalis (Günther 1864)

Adult female 28.4-31.0 mm SVL. Slender body. Head dorsally convex with concave interorbital region. Snout rounded in lateral view, angled at about 85 degrees (category 3 of Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 2005), with rounded canthi, concave loreal region, concave internarial area. Tympanum discernible, oval-shaped and vertical, with distinct supratympanic fold. Pineal ocellus present. Vomerine teeth present. Lingual papilla absent but tongue bears conical tubercles. No lateral dermal fringe on fingers. Toes webbed medially. Tarsal fold and calcar lacking. Dorsum, head, and upper flank smooth; lower flank rough and granular. Dorsal surface of forelimb smooth with sparse glandular warts. Shank, foot, throat, and chest smooth. Thighs smooth dorsally, smoothly granular ventrally. Belly rough and granular. Vent has glandular warts surrounding it (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 2005).Color in preservative: Head, dorsum, upper flank, dorsal and lateral forelimb and foot are yellowish pale-brown with small brown spots. Lower flank is yellow, and the inguinal area pale yellow. Thigh and shank have indistinct crossbars dorsally, on a yellowish pale-brown background. Ventral thigh is pale brownish-yellow. Throat, throat margin, and chest are pale yellow with brown dots. Belly is yellow. Webbing is pale yellow (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 2005).

Endemic to Sri Lanka; known only from the general type locality "Ceylon" (Stuart et al. 2008).

Known only from the lectotype series; Pseudophilautus temporalis has not been recorded since its description (Günther 1869) despite extensive searches and is presumed extinct. it is believed to have been a direct developer, like other species in the genus Pseudophilautus (Stuart et al. 2008).

The exact reason for the extinction of this species is not known, but it is believed that habitat loss was the major factor (Stuart et al. 2008).