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IUCN (Red List) status: Endangered (EN).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species is known only from the type locality within Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu, in the southern Western Ghats of India, at an elevation of 700m asl. Habitat and Ecology The original collection took place in shallow water within disturbed tropical moist forest, close to a cardamom plantation. It is also believed to occur within undisturbed forest. It presumably breeds by larval development in streams. Population It is a recently described frog that has only been recorded twice, and is reportedly not a common species (Ravichandran pers. comm.). Population Trend Decreasing Major Threats The major threat to this species is the cultivation of cardamom and tea in the buffer zone of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. Conservation Actions It is currently known only from the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu, and it is included in national legislation. There is a need for further survey work to determine whether the species might occur outside the type locality. Citation S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger, M.S. Ravichandran 2004. Nyctibatrachus vasanthi. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use