Pseudophilautus semiruber (Annandale, 1913)
Ixalus semiruber Annandale, 1913, Rec. Indian Mus., 9: 305. Holotype: ZSIC 17401 according to Chanda, Das, and Dubois, 2001 "2000", Hamadryad, 25: 112. Holotype (and only known specimen) reported lost by Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005, Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl., 12: 230. Type locality: "Pattipola near Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Ceylon; alt. ca. 6000 ft.".
Rhacophorus (Philautus) semiruber — Ahl, 1931, Das Tierreich, 55: 97.
Ixalus semirubra — Dutta, 1997, Amph. India Sri Lanka: 82. Incorrect subsequent spelling.
Philautus semiruber — Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005, Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl., 12: 230.
Pseudophilautus semiruber — 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 type locality (Pattipola near Nuwara Eliya, Central Province) and from the Agra-Bopath Forest Reserve, adjoining the Wildlife Heritage Trust’s Agra Field Research Station, at 1750 m elevation, Sri Lanka.
Comment
Removed from the synonym of Philautus leucorhinus by Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005, Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl., 12: 230, where it had been placed by Kirtisinghe, 1957, Amph. Ceylon: 69. Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005, Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl., 12: 230-232, provided an account and noted the inasmuch as this nominal species is known only from the lost holotype its status is questionable. Meegaskumbura, Manamendra-Arachchi, Bowatte, and Meegaskumbura, 2012, Zootaxa, 3229: 58-68, reported on a recent collection locality, provided an enhanced diagnosis, and suggested on the basis of molecular evidence a close relationship with Pseudophilautus simba.
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