Philautus adspersus Günther, 1872
Thwaites's shrub frog, Sri Lanka bubble-nest frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Ixalus adspersus Günther, 1872; Pseudophilautus adspersus (Günther, 1872) ; Philautus adspersus Inger In Frost, 1985
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c.1886 (Manamendra-Arachchi & Dutta, 2004)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from two specimens.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Günther, A. C. L. G. (1872). Descriptions of some Ceylonese reptiles and batrachians. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4, 9: 85-88.
Other references:
Bossuyt, F. and Dubois, A. 2001. A review of the frog genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae, Rhacophorinae). Zeylanica 6: 1-112.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. Pseudophilautus adspersus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58811A156580927. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58811A156580927.en. Accessed on 19 June 2022.
Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Sushil Dutta. (2004). Pseudophilautus adspersus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 February 2013.
Krishnamurthy, S.V. and Sakunthala, K. 1993. Amphibian fauna of Sringeri Taluk (Chickaamagalure District: Karnataka). Journal of the Indian Institute of Science [1993]: 443-452.
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.