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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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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
- Manamendra-Arachchi, K.; Pethiyagoda, R. (2004). "Pseudophilautus zorro". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T58940A11859701. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58940A11859701.en.
- "27 new Pseudophilautus (firstly: Philautus) • Sri Lankan Shrub Frogs (Rhacophorinae)". Novataxa. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- 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.
- 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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