Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus Günther, 1872
Sharp-snouted shrub frog, Thiyunu hombu panduru madiya
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Ixalus oxyrhynchus Günther, 1872; Philautus oxyrhynchus Günther, 1872
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1872 (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group, 2020)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the lectotype (Manamendra-Arachchi & Silva, 2004).
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.
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 oxyrhynchus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58883A156583754. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58883A156583754.en. Downloaded on 27 June 2021.
Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Anslem de Silva. (2004). Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 February 2013.
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.
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.