Pseudophilautus nanus
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AMPHIBIA | ANURA | RHACOPHORIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Pseudophilautus nanus |
| Species Authority: | (Günther, 1869) |
| Synonym/s: |
Philautus nanus Dubois, 1999
Polypedates nanus Günther, 1869 "1868"
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| Taxonomic Notes: | This species was resurrected from the synonymy of Philautus microtympanum by Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi (1996). |
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2004 |
| Assessor/s: | Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Anslem de Silva |
| Reviewer/s: | Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox) |
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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. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | This species is an extinct Sri Lankan endemic, known only from the type locality of "southern Ceylon [=Sri Lanka]" (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 2005). It is not possible to produce a distribution map for this species because the exact location of the type locality is not known. |
| Countries: |
Regionally extinct:
Sri Lanka
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Population [top]
| Population: | It is known only from the lectotype. There have been no records since the species was described in 1869, and it is now believed to be extinct. Recent, extensive field surveys of the amphibian fauna of Sri Lanka have failed to rediscover this frog. |
Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | The habitat requirements of this species are not known. It presumably bred by direct development. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | The reason for the species' extinction is not known, but presumably habitat loss was a contributing factor. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | It has not been recorded from any protected areas. |
Bibliography [top]
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Bossuyt, F. and Dubois, A. 2001. A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica: 1-112. Dutta, S.K. and Manamendra-Arachchi, K. 1996. The amphibian fauna of Sri Lanka. Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Manamendra-Arachchi, K. and Pethiyagoda, R. 2005. The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Laurent, 1943 (Ranidae, Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement: 163-303. |
| Citation: | Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Anslem de Silva 2004. Pseudophilautus nanus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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