Astylosternus laurenti

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	ARTHROLEPTIDAE

Scientific Name:	Astylosternus laurenti
Species Authority:	Amiet, 1978

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Jean-Louis Amiet
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Endangered, because its Extent of Occurrence of less than 5,000 km2 and its Area of Occupancy is less than 500 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat.

Range Description:	This species is known only from a small part of south-western Cameroon at 400-850m asl, from the Ikenge Research Station in Korup National Park, to the south of the Rumpi Hills, Mount Manenguba and the Bamileke Plateau. There are records from Ikenge, Fopouanga, Ekomtolo and Mahole. It is probably a little more widespread than current records indicate.
Countries:	Native: Cameroon
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Population:	It is a common species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives and breeds in and near slow-flowing rivers and streams in lowland and hilly forest in regions of high rainfall. It can live in dense secondary forest provided that there is a closed canopy. Males call from rocks in and around the water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	This species is severely threatened by habitat loss and degradation, primarily due to human settlement and agricultural encroachment.

Major Threat(s):

This species is severely threatened by habitat loss and degradation, primarily due to human settlement and agricultural encroachment.

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Korup National Park, but further protection of other unprotected forest habitat, such as Mount Manenguba, is required.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Korup National Park, but further protection of other unprotected forest habitat, such as Mount Manenguba, is required.

Citation:	Jean-Louis Amiet 2004. Astylosternus laurenti. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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