Pseudophilautus hankeni, Meegaskumbura & Manamendra-Arachchi, 2011

Samarawickrama, V. A. M. P. K., Samarawickrama, D. R. N. S. & Kumburegama, Shalika, 2012, Herpetofauna in the Kaluganga upper catchment of the Knuckles Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 5 (2), pp. 81-89 : 85

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13712239

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C63D44-5640-7659-FCD2-4082FBA7FBC6

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pseudophilautus hankeni
status

 

Pseudophilautus hankeni View in CoL

Psuedophilautus hankeni a recently described species ( Meegaskumbura and Manamendra-Arachchi 2011); conservation status not assessed yet. Species only recorded from the Knuckles range and was previously recorded only in Dothalugala Man and Biosphere Reserve within the Knuckles conservation forest (Rajapaksha et al. 2006). Uncommon, arboreal species. Major habitat is montane forests living on mossy tree bark; occasionally recorded on ground. Documented from Kalupahana mountain range, Gomabaniya, and Yakungehela areas, expanding its previous range.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Rhacophoridae

Genus

Pseudophilautus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Viperidae

Genus

Psuedophilautus

Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF