Ansonia minuta

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	BUFONIDAE

Scientific Name:	Ansonia minuta
Species Authority:	Inger, 1960

Red List Category & Criteria:	Near Threatened 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)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Near Threatened because its Extent of Occurrence is probably not much greater than 20,000 km2, and the extent and quality of its habitat are declining very rapidly, thus making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable.

Range Description:	This Bornean endemic is known only from a few localities in western and central Sarawak (Malaysia) and scattered areas of Kalimantan (Indonesia), although it probably occurs more widely than current records suggest. All known localities lie between 200 and 1,000m asl.
Countries:	Native: Indonesia; Malaysia
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Population:	There is no information on its population status.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a terrestrial species of lowland moist tropical forest, which breeds in small, clear, rocky streams where the larvae also develop. It has not been found in modified habitats.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	The main threat to this species is habitat loss and fragmentation largely due to the effects of extensive logging on lowland Borneo.

Major Threat(s):

The main threat to this species is habitat loss and fragmentation largely due to the effects of extensive logging on lowland Borneo.

Conservation Actions:	This species is known from the Kayan Mentarang protected area and continued protection of large areas of hilly rainforest is needed.

Conservation Actions:

This species is known from the Kayan Mentarang protected area and continued protection of large areas of hilly rainforest is needed.

Citation:	Robert Inger, Indraneil Das, Robert Stuebing, Maklarin Lakim, Paul Yambun 2004. Ansonia minuta. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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