Pseudophilautus stellatus Kelaart, 1853
Kelaart's starry shrub frog, Spotted shrub frog, Pulli sahitha panduru madiya
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Philautus stellatus Kelaart, 1853; Polypedates stellata Kelaart, 1853; Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) stellatus Kelaart, 1853
Conservation Status
Last record: 1853
Rediscovered in 2009
Distribution
Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
The holotype is now sadly lost. However, (Wickramasinghe et al. 2013) designated a neotype to remedy this situation.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kelaart, Edward Frederick. (1853). Prodromus faunae zeylanicae; being contributions to the zoology of Ceylon. Printed for the author, Colombo.
Other references:
Jeremy Hance. (2013). mongabay.com (March 07, 2013). Starry frog rediscovered after thought extinct for 160 years (photos). Available at: http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0307-hance-starry-frog.html
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.
Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Rohan Pethiyagoda, Sushil Dutta, Anslem de Silva (2004). Pseudophilautus stellatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 February 2013.
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Wickramasinghe, L. J. Mendis et al. (2013). Lost and found: One of the world's most elusive amphibians, Pseudophilautus stellatus (Kelaart 1853) rediscovered. Zootaxa 3620(1): 112-128. [Abstract]
Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., D.R. Vidanapathirana, M.D.G. Rajeev, S.C. Ariyarathne, A.W.A. Chanaka, L.L.D. Priyantha, I.N. Bandara & N. Wickramasinghe. (2013). Eight new species of Pseudophilautus (Amphibia, Anura, Rhacophoridae) from Sripada World Heritage Site (Peak Wilderness), a local amphibian hotspot in Sri Lanka. Journal of Threatened Taxa 5(4): 3789-3920.
Wickramasinghe, L. J. M., Vidanapathirana, D. R. & Wickramasinghe, N., (2012). Back from the dead: The world’s rarest toad Adenomus kandianus rediscovered in Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3347: 63-68.