Adenomus kandianus

Adenomus kandianus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Batrachomorpha Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Superordo: Batrachia Cladus: Salientia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Adenomus
Species: Adenomus kandianus

Name

Adenomus kandianus (Günther, 1872: 87)

Synonymy

• Bufo kandianus Günther, 1872: 87
• Adenomus kandianus — Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 1998
• Adenomus dasi Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 1998 [syn. Meegaskumbura et al., 2015: 257]

References

Primary references

• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1872. Descriptions of some Ceylonese reptiles and batrachians. Annals and magazine of natural history Series 4, 9: 85–88. [original description: p. 87]
• Meegaskumbura, M., Senevirathne, G., Wijayathilaka, N., Jayawardena, B., Bandara, C., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2015. The Sri Lankan torrent toads (Bufonidae: Adenominae: Adenomus): species boundaries assessed using multiple criteria. Zootaxa 3911(2): 245–261. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.6 Reference page.  [syn. nov.: p. 257]

Additional references

• Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2012. Back from the dead: the world’s rarest toad Adenomus kandianus rediscovered in Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3347: 63–68. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3347.1.3 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, D.R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Adenomus kandianus . Accessed on 24 Mar 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Adenomus kandianus  (Extinct)