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Pseudophilautus variabilis Günther, 1858

Günther's shrub frog, Güntherge panduru madiya

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Ixalus variabilis Günther, 1858; Philautus variabilis Günther, 1858

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1857 or 1858

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

Distribution

Sri Lanka

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Lectotype: BMNH1947.2.7.87 (female)

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Günther, A. C. L. G. (1858). Neue Batrachier in der Sammlung des britischen Museums. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin 24: 319–328.


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

Biju, S.D. 2001. A synopsis to the frog fauna of the Western Ghats, India. Occasional Publication 1. ISCB: 1-24.

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

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, Sushil K. and Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum. (1996). The amphibian fauna of Sri Lanka. Colombo: Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka. [pp. 159-163]

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. Pseudophilautus variabilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58931A156585835. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58931A156585835.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.

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 [volume?]: 163-303.

Ravichandran, M.S. 1996. Amphibia of the Kalakad Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India. Cobra: 15-31.

Ravishankar, D., Kanamadi, G., Kadadevaru, G. and Schneider, H. 2001. Calling behaviour, bioacoustics and distribution of a rhacophorid frog, Philautus variabilis (Gunther, 1858). Amphibia-Reptilia [2001]: 275-386.

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

Vasudevan, K., Kumar, A. and Chellam, R. 2001. Structure and composition of rainforest floor amphibian communities in the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Current Science: 406-412.

 

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