Lygosoma koratense

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	SCINCIDAE

Scientific Name:

Lygosoma koratense

Species Authority:

Smith, 1917

Common Name/s:

English

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Korat Supple Skink, Korat Writhing Skink

Synonym/s:

Lygosoma khoratense Smith, 1917 [orth. error]

Riopa koratense (Smith, 1935)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Pauwels, O.S.G.

Reviewer/s:

Böhm, M., Collen, B. & Ram, M. (Sampled Red List Index Coordinating Team)

Contributor/s:

De Silva, R., Milligan, H.T., Wearn, O.R., Wren, S., Zamin, T., Sears, J., Wilson, P., Lewis, S., Lintott, P. & Powney, G.

Justification:
Lygosoma koratense has been assessed as Least Concern. It is unlikely to be experiencing significant population declines due to the lack of threats and because it is an adaptable species.

History:

1996	–	Data Deficient
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is a Thai endemic from the Saraburi and Nakhon Ratchasima provinces, and is found along the Dong Phaya Fai mountains (O. Pauwels pers. comm.).
Countries:	Native: Thailand
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Population [top]

Population:	No population information is available for this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits various environments including montane evergreen rainforests and low limestone hills. It has also been found in intensively cultivated and degraded areas (O. Pauwels pers. comm.).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Although deforestation is taking place in Thailand, this species is not a forest obligate and therefore this is not a major threat to this species.

Major Threat(s):

Although deforestation is taking place in Thailand, this species is not a forest obligate and therefore this is not a major threat to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No species-specific conservation measures are in place for this species, but monitoring of this species should be carried out because it is restricted to one mountain range.

Conservation Actions:

No species-specific conservation measures are in place for this species, but monitoring of this species should be carried out because it is restricted to one mountain range.

Citation:	Pauwels, O.S.G. 2010. Lygosoma koratense. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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