Pseudophilautus rugatus
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AMPHIBIA | ANURA | RHACOPHORIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Pseudophilautus rugatus |
| Species Authority: | (Ahl, 1927) |
| Synonym/s: |
Philautus rugatus Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005
Rhacophorus rugatus Ahl, 1927
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| Taxonomic Notes: | This species is considered distinct from Philautus leucorhinus (Günther, 1858) following Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda (2005). |
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 70 years, and extensive searches over the last ten years have failed to locate this species. Not recorded since type description in 1927 from type locality Ceylon. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | This species is endemic to Sri Lanka, and is known only from the non-specific type locality of "Ceylon (Farmlands)" or "Taralanda" (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 holotype specimen. There have been no sightings since the species was described in 1927, and it is now believed to be extinct. Recent, extensive field surveys of the amphibian fauna of Sri Lanka have not rediscovered 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 causes of the species' extinction are 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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Ahl, E. 1927. Zur Systematik der Asiatischen Arten der Froschgattung Rhacophorus. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft. Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 15: 35-47. Bossuyt, F. and Dubois, A. 2001. A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica: 1-112. 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 rugatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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