Pseudophilautus microtympanum (Günther, 1858)

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Rhacophoridae > Subfamily: Rhacophorinae > Genus: Pseudophilautus > Species: Pseudophilautus microtympanum

Polypedates microtympanum Günther, 1858, Arch. Naturgesch., 24: 324. Syntypes: BMNH (11 specimens), according to Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 77. BMNH has 13 specimens listed as syntypes, these being 1853.3.30.17–18 (now renumbered 1947.2.7.60–62), 1853.3.30.22 (now renumbered 1947.2.7.63), 1853.3.30.24–26 (now renumbered 1947.2.8.45–47), 1858.6.15.4–8 (now renumbered 1947.2.8.49–52), 1864.7.11.23 (now renumbered 1947.2.8.44), 1933.9.10.19 (now renumbered 1947.2.8.48). Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 10105, noted that BMNH 53.3.30.22 was a syntype. Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 18, who noted 12 types in the BMNH, all from "Ceylon" and designated BMNH 1947.2.8.48 lectotype (described on page 68–69). Type locality: "Ceylon" (= Sri Lanka); Günther, 1859 "1858", Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus.: 77, added the additional locality of "Madras" apparently in error.

Rhacophorus microtympanumBoulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 79.

Rhacophorus (Polypedates) microtympanumMüller, 1885, Verh. Naturforsch. Ges. Basel, 7: 671.

Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) microtympanumAhl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 128, 129.

Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus) buergeri microtympanumWolf, 1936, Bull. Raffles Mus., 12: 143, 173.

Philautus (Kirtixalus) microtympanumDubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 73. Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 52.

Rhacophorus microtympanumDutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996, Amph. Fauna Sri Lanka: 196.

Kirtixalus microtympanumYu, Rao, Zhang, and Yang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 50: 578.

Pseudophilautus microtympanumLi, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 519.

English Names

Gunther's Bubble-nest Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 112).

Small-eared Shrub Frog (de Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 106).

Distribution

Montane cloud-forest at elevations of 1555–2135 m in the central hills of Sri Lanka.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Sri Lanka

Endemic: Sri Lanka

Comment

See account by Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996, Amph. Fauna Sri Lanka: 196–202, who resurrected a number of species from this synonymy. See comments under Philautus fergusonianus, Rhacophorus macropus, and Rhacophorus reticulatus. See account by Dutta and Manamendra-Arachchi, 1996, Amph. Fauna Sri Lanka: 183–186. Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005, Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl., 12: 179–181, provided an account, and noted that this species resembles Philautus silus. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 527. de Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 106, provided a brief account and color photograph.

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