Bombina lichuanensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	BOMBINATORIDAE

Scientific Name:

Bombina lichuanensis

Species Authority:

Ye and Fei, 1994

Common Name/s:

English

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Lichuan Bell Toad

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Fei Liang, Zhao Wenge
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
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.

Geographic Range [top]

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 [top]

Population:	It is very rare.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits marshes in forested, mountainous areas. It breeds in pools where the larvae also develop.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat to this species is forest loss due to small-scale agriculture and human settlement.

Major Threat(s):

The major threat to this species is forest loss due to small-scale agriculture and human settlement.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The population of this species in Hubei Province is probably within Lichuanxiaoheshuisha Nature Reserve.

Conservation Actions:

The population of this species in Hubei Province is probably within Lichuanxiaoheshuisha Nature Reserve.

Bibliography [top]

	Fei, L., Ye, C.-Y., Huang, Y.-A. and Liu, M.-Y. 1999. Atlas of Amphibians of China. Henan Science and Technical Press, Zhengzhou. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. MacKinnon, J., Meng, S., Cheung, C., Carey, G., Zhu, X. and Melville, D. 1996. A Biodiversity Review of China. World Wide Fund for Nature International, Hong Kong. Ye, C.-Y. and Fei, L. 1994. A new toad of the genus Bombina from Hubei, China (Anura: Discoglossidae). Acta Herpetologica Sinica: 22-25.

Fei, L., Ye, C.-Y., Huang, Y.-A. and Liu, M.-Y. 1999. Atlas of Amphibians of China. Henan Science and Technical Press, Zhengzhou.

IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.

MacKinnon, J., Meng, S., Cheung, C., Carey, G., Zhu, X. and Melville, D. 1996. A Biodiversity Review of China. World Wide Fund for Nature International, Hong Kong.

Ye, C.-Y. and Fei, L. 1994. A new toad of the genus Bombina from Hubei, China (Anura: Discoglossidae). Acta Herpetologica Sinica: 22-25.

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 25 May 2012.
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