Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Subordo: Neobatrachia Familia: Rhacophoridae Subfamilia: Rhacophorinae Genus: Pseudophilautus Species: Pseudophilautus amboli

Citation: S.D. Biju 2004. Pseudophilautus amboli. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4

Taken from Mhadei WLS, Goa, India

This species is known only from a few localities in the vicinity of the Amboli forest in Sawantwadi District, Maharashtra, in the northern Western Ghats of India. It has been recorded at an elevation of approximately 750m asl.

Population: It is very rare in its known localities. Population Trend: Decreasing Habitat and Ecology: It was collected in extremely disturbed areas close to evergreen forest patches, although it is not known whether or not it occurs in primary evergreen forest. It breeds by direct development. Systems: Terrestrial Major Threat(s): The major threat to the species is habitat loss and fragmentation due to urbanization and tourism development.