Laurentophryne parkeri

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	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	BUFONIDAE

Scientific Name:	Laurentophryne parkeri
Species Authority:	(Laurent, 1950)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Alan Channing, John Poynton
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient because because of lack of recent information on its status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality, Kiandjo, at 1,850-1,950m asl near Mwengwa, in the Itombwe Mountains, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Countries:	Native: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
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Population [top]

Population:	The population status of this species is unknown. There are no recent records, presumably due to lack of herpetological fieldwork within its range.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is found in montane forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is presumably at risk from forest loss due to smallholder farming, logging, and infrastructure development.

Major Threat(s):

It is presumably at risk from forest loss due to smallholder farming, logging, and infrastructure development.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is not known to occur in any protected areas, although a protected area in the Itombwe Mountains has been proposed and should be established.

Conservation Actions:

This species is not known to occur in any protected areas, although a protected area in the Itombwe Mountains has been proposed and should be established.

Citation:	Alan Channing, John Poynton 2004. Laurentophryne parkeri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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