| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AMPHIBIA | ANURA | RANIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Hylarana aurantiaca |
| Species Authority: | (Boulenger, 1904) |
| Synonym/s: |
Rana aurantiaca Boulenger, 1904
Rana bhagmandlensis Rao, 1922
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| Taxonomic Notes: | The population in Sri Lanka assigned to Hylarana aurantiaca probably belongs to an undescribed species (S.D. Biju and K. Manamendra-Arachchi pers. comm.). However, pending taxonomic revision, H. aurantiaca is treated here as a single species. |
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2004 |
| Assessor/s: | S.D. Biju, Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger, Anslem de Silva |
| 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, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat in the Western Ghats of India and southwestern Sri Lanka. |
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| Range Description: | Specimens currently assigned to this species have been collected in the southern Western Ghats of India and in Sri Lanka. Reports of this species from other parts of the Western Ghats appear to be misidentifications. It has an altitudinal range of 200-1,400m asl in India, and from 5-660m asl in Sri Lanka. |
| Countries: |
Native:
India; Sri Lanka
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| Population: | It is locally abundant at confirmed localities in the southern Western Ghats and in Sri Lanka. |
| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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| Habitat and Ecology: | It is a semi-arboreal, and semi aquatic frog, associated with wetlands in tropical moist forest, swamp forest, and coastal regions. Adults are frequently found on rocks in waterbodies. In India, the larvae are reported to occur in streams and other running waters; they can also be found in tea and coffee plantations, but only at the forest edge. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | There is continuing loss of the habitat of this species largely caused by the conversion of land for agricultural use (including the drainage of wetlands) and the development of mining. Agrochemical pollution is also a threat. |
| Conservation Actions: | It is present in many protected areas in Sri Lanka, and might occur in Kudremukh National Park in Karnataka, India. It is protected by national legislation in India. |
| Citation: | S.D. Biju, Kelum Manamendra-Arachchi, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger, Anslem de Silva 2004. Hylarana aurantiaca. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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