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Adenomus dasi Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 1998

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Adenomus

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Adenomus dasi Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 1998, J. South Asian Nat. Hist., 3: 215. Holotype: WHT 2267, by original designation. Type locality: "Moray Estate, Rajamally, near Mousakelle, Sri Lanka, alt. 1370 m (06° 48′ N, 80° 31′ E)".

Bufo (Adenomus) dasi — Smith and Chiszar, 2006, Herpetol. Conserv. Biol., 1: 6-8.

English Names

Das's Toad (De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 59).

Distribution

Known only from the type locality, near Mousakelle (=Masekeliya), Sri Lanka, 1370 m elevation.

Comment

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: 155. De Silva, 2009, Amph. Rep. Sri Lanka Photograph. Guide: 59, provided a brief account and color photos.

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