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Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus (Günther, 1872)
Ixalus oxyrhynchus Günther, 1872, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 4, 9: 88. Syntypes: BMNH (2 specimens), reported as BMNH 1947.2.6.39–40 (formerly numbered 1871.12.14.25.A+B) by Bossuyt and Dubois, 2001, Zeylanica, 6: 25, and museum records. BMNH 1947.2.6.40 designated lectotype by Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005, Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl., 12: 200, who noted that the paralectotype is a member of Philautus temporalis. Type locality: "Peradeniya ... collected chiefly in the neighbourhood of the locality named .... Ceylon", Sri Lanka.
Rhacophorus (Philautus) oxyrhynchus — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 72.
Philautus oxyrhynchus — Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005, Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl., 12: 200.
Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus — Li, Che, Murphy, Zhao, Zhao, Rao, and Zhang, 2009, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 53: 519. Provisional arrangement and by implication.
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the indefinite locality "Ceylon".
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Sri Lanka
Endemic: Sri Lanka
Comment
Removed from the synonymy of Philautus leucorhinus by Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005, Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl., 12: 200, where it had been placed by Kirtisinghe, 1957, Amph. Ceylon: 69. Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005, Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl., 12: 200–202, provided an account and noted that this extinct species is similar to Philautus hypomelas and Philautus caeruleus. 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: 141, who regarded the species as extinct. Regarded as extinct by Batuwita, Udugampala, De Silva, Diao, and Edirisinghe, 2019, J. Anim. Diversity, 1: 48, and Jayawardena, Senevirathne, Wijayathilaka, Ukuwela, Manamendra-Arachchi, and Meegaskumbura, 2017, Ceylon J. Sci., 46 (Special issue): 48.
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