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Probreviceps durirostris

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA BREVICIPITIDAE

Scientific Name: Probreviceps durirostris
Species Authority: Loader, Channing, Menegon & Davenport, 2006

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published: 2008
Assessor/s: Michele Menegon, Simon Loader
Reviewer/s: Simon Stuart, Neil Cox
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Endangered because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 5,000 km2, all individuals are in a single location, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat in the Ukaguru Mountains.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known only from the Ukaguru Mountains in eastern Tanzania between 1,500 and 1,900m asl. It is thought likely to be endemic to the Ukaguru Mountains.
Countries:
Native:
Tanzania, United Republic of
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Population [top]

Population: It is probably relatively common in suitable habitat within its small range.
Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: All records are from leaf litter in montane forest. It probably cannot tolerate forest clearance. It presumably breeds by direct development, like other members of its genus, without any dependence on water.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The forests in the Ukaguru Mountains are poorly protected, and threatened by agricultural encroachment and human settlement.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in the Mamiwa-Kisara Forest Reserve and the Ikwamba Forest Reserve.
Citation: Michele Menegon, Simon Loader 2008. Probreviceps durirostris. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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