Adenomus kandianus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	BUFONIDAE

Scientific Name:	Adenomus kandianus
Species Authority:	(Günther, 1872)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2004
Assessor/s:	Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Anslem de Silva
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and 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 was endemic to Sri Lanka, and is known only from the general type locality of "Ceylon" (= Sri Lanka). The scientific name suggests that it might have been collected in the vicinity of the city of Kandy, central Sri Lanka. As the site of collection is unclear, the species has not been mapped.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Sri Lanka

Population [top]

Population:	It is known only from the type specimen. There have been no sightings since the original description and the species is now believed to be extinct (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 1998). The general area of Kandy, where this frog is presumed to have occurred, has been well surveyed.

Population:

It is known only from the type specimen. There have been no sightings since the original description and the species is now believed to be extinct (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 1998). The general area of Kandy, where this frog is presumed to have occurred, has been well surveyed.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	While there is nothing known with certainty about the habitat and ecology of this species, it presumably bred by larval development in water as do other members of Adenomus.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Although the causes of the species extinction not known, if the original collection locality was truly in the vicinity of Kandy, then it is quite likely that extensive urban development has destroyed any suitable habitat (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 1998).

Major Threat(s):

Although the causes of the species extinction not known, if the original collection locality was truly in the vicinity of Kandy, then it is quite likely that extensive urban development has destroyed any suitable habitat (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 1998).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It was not recorded from any protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It was not recorded from any protected areas.

Citation:	Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Anslem de Silva 2004. Adenomus kandianus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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