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Philautus leucorhinus Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856

White-nosed shrub frog, Whitenose Bubble-nest Frog, Marten's Bush Frog, Pointed-nosed Bush Frog, White-nosed Bush Frog, Sudu nasethi panduru madiya

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 Synonym/s: Pseudophilautus leucorhinus (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856)

 

May be valid as Pseudophilautus leucorhinus (c.f. IUCN SSC ASG, 2020).

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1856 or before

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

Distribution

Sri Lanka

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Lichtenstein, H., and E. von Martens. (1856). Nomenclator Reptilium et Amphibiorum Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Namenverziechniss der in der zoologischen Sammlung der Königlichen Universität zu Berlin aufgestellten Arten von Reptilien und Amphibien nach ihren Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen.  Berlin.


Other references:

Andreone, Franco et al. (2022). Threatened and extinct amphibians and reptiles in Italian natural history collections are useful conservation tools. Acta Herpetologica 17(1): 45-58. doi:10.36253/a_h-12349

Bossuyt, F. and Dubois, A. 2001. A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica 6: 1-112.

Dutta, S.K. 1997. Amphibians of India and Sri Lanka. Odyssey Publishing House, Bhubaneswar.

Dutta, S.K. and Manamendra-Arachchi, K. 1996. The amphibian fauna of Sri Lanka. Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo.

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2020). Pseudophilautus leucorhinus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58862A156582678. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58862A156582678.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.

Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum, Biju, S. D. and de Silva, Anslem. (2004). Pseudophilautus leucorhinus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 February 2013.

Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum and Meegaskumbura, Madhava. (2012). The Taxonomy and Conservation Status of Amphibians in Sri Lanka, pp. 88-98. In: The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka: Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora. Weerakoon, D. K. and Wijesundara, S. (eds.). Ministry of Environment, Colombo, Sri Lanka. viii + 476 pp.

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.

Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.

 

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