Pseudophilautus halyi

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	RHACOPHORIDAE

Scientific Name:	Pseudophilautus halyi
Species Authority:	(Boulenger, 1904)
Synonym/s:	Ixalus halyi Boulenger, 1904 Philautus halyi Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005
Taxonomic Notes:	This species is considered distinct from Philautus leucorhinus 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)
Contributor/s:
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 endemic to Sri Lanka, and is known only from the type locality of "Pattipola, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka]", where it was collected in 1899 (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 2005).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Sri Lanka
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Population [top]

Population:	It is known only from the holotype, and there have been no sightings since 1899. The species is believed to now be extinct, because recent extensive field surveys of the amphibian fauna of Sri Lanka have not rediscovered this frog.

Population:

It is known only from the holotype, and there have been no sightings since 1899. The species is believed to now be extinct, because 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 the species are not known. It presumably bred by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The causes of the extinction are not known, but presumably habitat loss was a contributing factor.

Major Threat(s):

The causes of the 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.

Conservation Actions:

It has not been recorded from any protected areas.

Citation:	Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Anslem de Silva 2004. Pseudophilautus halyi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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