Pseudophilautus zorro

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

Philautus zorro Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005

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

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 200,000 USD.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. (2004). "Pseudophilautus zorro". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.


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