| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AMPHIBIA | ANURA | BOMBINATORIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Bombina lichuanensis | |||
| Species Authority: | Ye and Fei, 1994 | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 |
| Year Assessed: | 2004 |
| Assessor/s: | Fei Liang, Zhao Wenge |
| Reviewer/s: | Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox) |
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Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, it is known from fewer than ten locations, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat. |
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| Range Description: | This species is known only from Beiyang, Lichuan in Hubei Province and Mabian County in Sichuan Province, China, at around 1,830m asl. It probably occurs more widely than current records suggest, especially in areas between the two known sites. |
| Countries: |
Native:
China
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| Population: | It is very rare. |
| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species inhabits marshes in forested, mountainous areas. It breeds in pools where the larvae also develop. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | The major threat to this species is forest loss due to small-scale agriculture and human settlement. |
| Conservation Actions: | The population of this species in Hubei Province is probably within Lichuanxiaoheshuisha Nature Reserve. |
| Citation: | Fei Liang, Zhao Wenge 2004. Bombina lichuanensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012. |
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