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Pseudophilautus zal Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2004

White blotched shrub frog, Sudu pulli ethi panduru madiya

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Philautus zal Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1946 or 1947

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

Distribution

Sri Lanka

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Only the holotype and two paratypes exist.

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

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.

 

Other references:

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2020. Pseudophilautus zal. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T58938A156586194. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58938A156586194.en. Accessed on 01 July 2022.

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

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.

 

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