Pseudophilautus zorro

Pseudophilautus zorro, the Gannoruwa shrub frog[2] is a species of frogs in the family Rhacophoridae. It is endemic to central Sri Lanka.[3]

Pseudophilautus zorro
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Rhacophoridae
Genus: Pseudophilautus
Species:
P. zorro
Binomial name
Pseudophilautus zorro
(Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)
Synonyms

Philautus zorro Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005

Its natural habitat is closed-canopy rainforest, but it can also occur in residential gardens with plenty of leaf-litter. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] Conde et al. have estimated that protecting habitat of this species would cost of order US$200,000.[4]

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Pseudophilautus zorro". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T58940A156586313. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T58940A156586313.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. "27 new Pseudophilautus (firstly: Philautus) • Sri Lankan Shrub Frogs (Rhacophorinae)". Novataxa. July 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Pseudophilautus zorro (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. Conde, D. A.; Colchero, F.; Güneralp, B.; Gusset, M.; Skolnik, B.; Parr, M.; Byers, O.; Johnson, K.; Young, G.; Flesness, N.; Possingham, H.; Fa, J. E. (2015). "Opportunities and costs for preventing vertebrate extinctions". Current Biology. 25 (6): R219–R221. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.048. PMID 25784036.


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