Amazing Amphibian Laotriton laoensis [an error occurred while processing this directive] <body bgcolor="silver"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" background="/images/amazing/gradient_blue.jpg" width=650px> <tr> <td><a href="/amazing_amphibians/amazing.html"> <img src="/images/amazing/amazing_logo.jpg" align="left" height=100px></a> <a href="/amazing_amphibians/amazing.html"> <img src="/images/amazing/mapFig_AsiaRusOceania_xbgl.png" align="right" height=100px></a> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="1" bordercolor="#000099" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width=650px> <tr> <td align=center> <img src="/images/amazing/main_Laotriton_laoeneis.jpg"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="/images/amazing/amazing_logo.jpg" align="left" height="150"> The <b>Laotian Newt, <i>Laotriton laoensis </b></i>, became known to science when the species authority, Brian Stuart, was attending a Laotian wedding where he was offered a drink with this newt in it. Soon after describing the species, several pet traders raided the locality from where it was described and collected massive numbers of the species. It is currently listed as <span style="color:red;">�Data Deficient�</span> on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species<sup>TM</sup> because there is still work needed to identify its full range. It is currently known from the Saysomboun Special Zone, as well as Phoukhout District in Xiangkhouang Province, in Lao People's Democratic Republic. It seems to be relatively common where it is known. <p>The major threat to this species is the local harvesting of it for medicine, food, and the pet trade. Its habitat of streams and dry shrubland are not being threatened. <p>Few conservation methods are in place, mainly due to the lack of data available on the species. Addressing this lack of data would be the first step in moving toward conservation of the species. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <iframe style="border: none;" src="https://amazing-amphibians.herokuapp.com/?taxon_id=135109&project_id=13" height="450" width="610" scrolling="no"></iframe> <h3><em>How can you help?</em></h3> <li>Add your own observations on <a href=http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/global-amphibian-bioblitz>iNaturalist</a>. <li>Learn more about this species on <a href=http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-scientific_name=Laotriton+laoensis > AmphibiaWeb</a>. <p>If your organization would like to be involved with the Amazing Amphibians program, contact us at <a href="mailto:amazing@amphibians.org?Subject=Amazing Amphibians">amazing@amphibians.org.</a> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width=700px> <tr> <td> The Amazing Amphibian Partners:<p> <img src="/images/aw_logo.jpg" height="60" style="padding:4px;"> <img src="/images/asglogo_200w.jpg" height="40" style="padding:5px;"><img src="/images/iucn_ssc_logo.gif" height="40" style="padding:5px;"><img src="/images/inat-logo-5.png" height="35" style="padding:5px;"><img src="/images/homepage_images/40h-GAB_logo.png" style="padding:5px;"><img src="/images/ASA_logo.gif" height="40" style="padding:5px;"> <img src="/images/TstickytongueP_logo.gif" height="40" style="padding:5px;"><img src="/images/Arkive_logo.gif" height="40" style="padding:5px;"><img src="/images/AArk_logo_full.jpg" height="40" style="padding:5px;"> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class=leftsidebottom> </td> <td class=footer> <hr> <script> var monthNames = [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" ]; var date = new Date(); var day = date.getDate(); var monthIndex = date.getMonth(); var year = date.getFullYear(); console.log(day, monthNames[monthIndex], year); document.write('Citation: '); document.write('AmphibiaWeb. ' + year + '. <<a href=https://amphibiaweb.org>https://amphibiaweb.org</a>> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed '); document.write(day + ' ' + monthNames[monthIndex] + ' ' + year + '.'); document.write('<p>'); document.write('<a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">'); document.write('<img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/4.0/80x15.png" /></a> AmphibiaWeb\'s <a href="/data/datause.html">policy on data use.</a>'); document.write('<p>'); document.write('AmphibiaWeb Copyright © 2000-' + year + ' The Regents of the University of California'); </script> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </body> </html>