Ansonia fuliginea

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	BUFONIDAE

Scientific Name:	Ansonia fuliginea
Species Authority:	(Mocquard, 1890)
Synonym/s:	Ansonia altitudinis (Smith, 1931)
Taxonomic Notes:	We follow Inger (1966) and Malkmus et al. (2002) in considering Ansonia altitudinis (Smith 1931) to be a synonym of A. fuliginea.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Robert Inger, Indraneil Das, Robert Stuebing, Maklarin Lakim, Paul Yambun
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because it is known from fewer than five locations.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This Bornean endemic is known only from the montane forests of Kinabalu, Malaysia. Attempts to locate the species on Gunung Mulu in Sarawak have not been successful. The altitudinal range is 1,500-3,050m asl.
Countries:	Native: Malaysia
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Population [top]

Population:	The current population status of this species is unknown. It is rarely encountered.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Most records are from moist montane and sub-alpine forest above 2,500m asl. Adults are terrestrial, and breeding is presumed to take place in forest streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat to this species in the future is likely to be selective logging.

Major Threat(s):

The major threat to this species in the future is likely to be selective logging.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Kinabalu National Park, which is well protected. Surveys of potentially suitable areas of habitat in adjacent parts of Borneo are needed to determine whether or not this species might occur elsewhere, and also to help better understand its current population status.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Kinabalu National Park, which is well protected. Surveys of potentially suitable areas of habitat in adjacent parts of Borneo are needed to determine whether or not this species might occur elsewhere, and also to help better understand its current population status.

Bibliography [top]

	Inger, R.F. 1960. A review of the Oriental toads of the genus Ansonia Stoliczka. Fieldiana: Zoology: 473-503. Inger, R.F. 1966. The systematics and zoogeography of the Amphibia of Borneo. Fieldiana: Zoology: 1-402. Inger, R.F. and Stuebing, R.B. 1997. A Field Guide to the Frogs of Borneo. Borneo Natural History Publishers, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Malkmus, R., Manthey, U., Vogel, G., Hoffmann, P. and Kosuch, J. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, Liechtenstein. Matsui, M., Hikida, T., and Namu, H. 1985. The amphibians and reptiles collected from Borneo, Malaysia. Bulletin of the Toyama Science Museum: 151-159.

Inger, R.F. 1960. A review of the Oriental toads of the genus Ansonia Stoliczka. Fieldiana: Zoology: 473-503.

Inger, R.F. 1966. The systematics and zoogeography of the Amphibia of Borneo. Fieldiana: Zoology: 1-402.

Inger, R.F. and Stuebing, R.B. 1997. A Field Guide to the Frogs of Borneo. Borneo Natural History Publishers, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

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

Malkmus, R., Manthey, U., Vogel, G., Hoffmann, P. and Kosuch, J. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, Liechtenstein.

Matsui, M., Hikida, T., and Namu, H. 1985. The amphibians and reptiles collected from Borneo, Malaysia. Bulletin of the Toyama Science Museum: 151-159.

Citation:	Robert Inger, Indraneil Das, Robert Stuebing, Maklarin Lakim, Paul Yambun 2004. Ansonia fuliginea. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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