Pseudophilautus pardus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	RHACOPHORIDAE

Scientific Name:	Pseudophilautus pardus
Species Authority:	(Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider & Pethiyagoda, 2007)
Synonym/s:	Philautus pardus Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider & Pethiyagoda, 2007

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Madhava Meegaskumbura, Rohan Pethiyagoda
Reviewer/s:	Simon Stuart, Neil Cox
Justification: Listed as Extinct because it has not been recorded for over 100 years, and extensive searches over the last ten years have failed to locate this species.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from an unspecified locality in Sri Lanka. It is considered to be Extinct.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Sri Lanka
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Population [top]

Population:

This species has not been found since the holotype was collected prior to 1859. Extensive surveys in Sri Lanka in recent years have not located the species, and it is now believed to be Extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There is no information, though it is likely to be associated with forest. It presumably bred by direct development, like other members of its genus.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

No information is available, though the species is likely to have disappeared due to loss of forest.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

It has not been recorded from any protected areas.

Bibliography [top]

Meegaskumbura, M., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Schneider, C.J. and Pethiyagoda, R. 2007. New species amongst Sri Lanka’s extinct shrub frogs (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae: Philautus). Zootaxa 1397: 1-15.