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Xenophrys huangshanensis
family: Megophryidae

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: China
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IUCN (Red List) status: Data Deficient (DD).
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 at 500-1,600m asl on Mount Huangshan, Anhui Province, China.

Habitat and Ecology

It is known from streams in forest, and is presumed to breed by larval development.

Population

There is no information available on the population status of this species.

Population Trend

Unknown

Major Threats

Habitat loss and degradation due to smallholder farming is the main threat to this species.

Conservation Actions

Its sole known locality is within Huangshanziranhewenhuayichan Nature Reserve.

Citation

Fei Liang, Ye Changyuan 2006. Xenophrys huangshanensis. In: IUCN 2012

 

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