List of AMPHIBIA species in Sri Lanka



This is a list of AMPHIBIA in Sri Lanka according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Ichthyophis glutinosus White-bellied Caecilia 59618 LC
Ichthyophis orthoplicatus Pattipola Caecilia 59628 VU
Ichthyophis pseudangularis Taylor's Caecilian 59631 VU
Pseudophilautus frankenbergi 61879 EN
Pseudophilautus hallidayi 61881 VU
Pseudophilautus hoffmanni 61882 EN
Pseudophilautus mittermeieri 61883 EN
Pseudophilautus mooreorum 61884 EN
Pseudophilautus poppiae 61887 EN
Pseudophilautus steineri 61888 EN
Pseudophilautus stuarti 61889 EN
Microhyla karunaratnei 57883 CR
Microhyla zeylanica 57895 EN
Uperodon nagaoi 57988 VU
Uperodon obscurus 57989 NT
Uperodon palmatus 57990 EN
Nannophrys naeyakai 135839 EN
Pseudophilautus maia 136000 EX
Fejervarya greenii Montane Frog 58271 EN
Fejervarya kirtisinghei 58274 LC
Lankanectes corrugatus 58324 LC
Pseudophilautus pardus 136163 EX
Nannophrys ceylonensis 58389 VU
Nannophrys guentheri Gunther's Streamlined Frog 58390 EX
Nannophrys marmorata 58391 CR
Adenomus dasi 54457 CR
Adenomus kandianus 54458 CR
Adenomus kelaartii 54459 EN
Hydrophylax gracilis 58604 LC
Duttaphrynus atukoralei 54581 LC
Duttaphrynus kotagamai 54683 EN
Pseudophilautus singu Sri Lanka Short-Horned Shrub-frog 187831 EN
Pseudophilautus abundus 58808 LC
Pseudophilautus tanu Sri Lanka Petite Shrub-frog 187832 EN
Pseudophilautus adspersus 58811 EX
Duttaphrynus noellerti 54716 EN
Pseudophilautus alto 58813 EN
Pseudophilautus asankai 58817 EN
Pseudophilautus auratus 58819 EN
Pseudophilautus caeruleus 58825 EN
Pseudophilautus cavirostris Tibetan Bubble-nest Frog 58828 EN
Pseudophilautus cuspis 58833 EN
Pseudophilautus decoris 58834 CR
Pseudophilautus dimbullae 58835 EX
Pseudophilautus eximius 58839 EX
Pseudophilautus extirpo 58840 EX
Pseudophilautus femoralis 58841 EN
Pseudophilautus fergusonianus 58842 LC
Pseudophilautus folicola 58844 EN
Pseudophilautus fulvus 58845 EN
Pseudophilautus halyi 58852 EX
Pseudophilautus hoipolloi 58853 LC
Pseudophilautus hypomelas 58855 EX
Pseudophilautus leucorhinus 58862 EX
Pseudophilautus limbus 58863 CR
Pseudophilautus lunatus 58866 CR
Pseudophilautus macropus 58868 CR
Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi 58869 EX
Pseudophilautus microtympanum 58874 EN
Pseudophilautus nanus 58877 EX
Pseudophilautus nasutus 58878 EX
Pseudophilautus nemus 58879 CR
Pseudophilautus ocularis 58881 CR
Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus 58883 EX
Pseudophilautus papillosus 58885 CR
Pseudophilautus pleurotaenia 58888 EN
Pseudophilautus popularis 58889 LC
Pseudophilautus procax 58890 CR
Pseudophilautus regius 58892 DD
Pseudophilautus reticulatus 58893 EN
Pseudophilautus rugatus 58895 EX
Pseudophilautus rus 58896 NT
Pseudophilautus sarasinorum 58898 EN
Pseudophilautus schmarda 58900 EN
Pseudophilautus semiruber 58901 DD
Pseudophilautus silus 58904 EN
Pseudophilautus simba 58905 CR
Pseudophilautus sordidus 58908 NT
Pseudophilautus stellatus 58919 EX
Pseudophilautus stictomerus 58920 NT
Pseudophilautus temporalis 58924 EX
Pseudophilautus variabilis 58931 EX
Pseudophilautus silvaticus 58933 EN
Raorchestes viridis 58934 EN
Pseudophilautus zal 58938 EX
Pseudophilautus zimmeri 58939 EX
Pseudophilautus zorro 58940 EN
Polypedates cruciger 58943 LC
Taruga eques 58946 EN
Taruga fastigo 58947 CR
Taruga longinasus Southern Whipping Frog 58954 EN

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)