Pseudophilautus pardus Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider & Pethiyagoda, 2007
Leopard shrub frog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Philautus pardus Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Schneider & Pethiyagoda, 2007
Now considered a synonym of P. viridis (Wijayathilaka et al., 2023).
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym)
Last record: "prior to 1859" (Meegaskumbura & Pethiyagoda, 2008)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Meegaskumbura, M., K. Manamendra-Arachchi, C.J. Schneider & R. Pethiyagoda. (2007). New species amongst Sri Lanka’s extinct shrub frogs (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae: Philautus). Zootaxa 1397: 1-15.
Other references:
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. Pseudophilautus pardus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T136163A156588728. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T136163A156588728.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.
Madhava Meegaskumbura and Rohan Pethiyagoda. (2008). Pseudophilautus pardus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 18 January 2014.
Meegaskumbura, M., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Schneider, C.J. and Pethiyagoda, R. 2007. New species amongst Sri Lanka’s extinct shrub frogs (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae: Philautus). Zootaxa 1397: 1-15.
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
Wijayathilaka, Nayana et al. (2023). Pseudophilautus pardus, a junior synonym of P. viridis (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae). Zootaxa 5227(4): 459-472. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5227.4.4
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