Philautus sanctisilvaticus

Philautus sanctisilvaticus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Rhacophoridae
Subfamily:	Rhacophorinae
Genus:	Philautus
Species:	P. sanctisilvaticus
Binomial name
Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das & Chanda, 1997[2]
Synonyms
Philautus sanctipalustris Das & Chanda, 1997 (error)

Philautus sanctisilvaticus, also known as the sacred grove bushfrog or sacred grove bush frog, is a critically endangered species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is endemic to India and only known from its type locality at the Kapildhara Falls near Amarkantak, in the Madhya Pradesh state.^[3] Its natural habitat is old growth tropical moist, semi-evergreen and mesic forest. It is threatened by habitat loss caused by harvesting of wood for subsistence purposes, infrastructure development for tourism, and fires.^[1]

References

1. Indraneil Das; Sushil Dutta; Karthikeyan Vasudevan; S.P. Vijayakumar (2004). "Philautus sanctisilvaticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
2. Das, I. & S. K. Chanda (1997). "Philautus sanctisilvaticus (Anura: Rhacophoridae), a new frog from the sacred groves of Amarkantak, central India". Hamadryad. Madras. 22: 21–27.
3. Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Philautus sanctisilvaticus Das and Chanda, 1997". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 20 January 2015.