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	Conservation Status (definitions)
IUCN (Red List) Status	Extinct (EX) See threat category on the IUCN web site.
CITES	No CITES Listing
Other International Status	None
National Status	Extinct
Regional Status	None

Distribution and Habitat

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Sri Lanka

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Adenomus kandianus was endemic to Sri Lanka. The type locality is listed only as "Peradeniya" in "Ceylon" (Günther 1872), but the scientific name suggests that this species may have been found near the city of Kandy in central Sri Lanka (Stuart et al 2008).

Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors
Known only from the type specimen and has not been reported since the original description in 1872. It may have bred in water, with aquatic larval development, as do other members of the genus Adenomus (Stuart et al 2008).

Trends and Threats
The cause of extinction is not known, since this species was not sighted after 1872. Since then, habitat around the city of Kandy has been destroyed due to urban development (Stuart et al 2008).

Possible reasons for amphibian decline

Urbanization

Comments
Listed as Extinct because it has not been recorded for over 130 years, and recent extensive searches over a ten-year period did not locate this species (Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda 1998).

References
 

Günther, A. (1872). ''Description of some Ceylonese reptiles and batrachians.'' Annales and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4, 9, 85-88.  

Manamendra-Arachchi, K., and Pethiyagoda, R. (1998). ''A synopsis of the Sri Lankan Bufonidae (Amphibia: Anura), with description of two new species.'' Journal of South Asian Natural History, 3(2), 213-248.  

Stuart, S., Hoffmann, M., Chanson, J., Cox, N., Berridge, R., Ramani, P., and Young, B. (eds.) (2008). Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Edicions, IUCN, and Conservation International, Barcelona, Spain; Gland, Switzerland; and Arlington, Virginia, USA.

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