Cophixalus aenigma

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	MICROHYLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Cophixalus aenigma

Species Authority:

Hoskin, 2004

Common Name/s:

English

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Tapping Nursery-frog

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Conrad Hoskin
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because it is known from fewer than five locations.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This Australian endemic is known from the Mount Carbine Tableland, Thornton Uplands, Finnigan Uplands and Bakers Blue Mountain in north-eastern Queensland. It is generally recorded from above 750m asl, although it was once recorded from around 586m asl, although there is a suggestion that this record might be a misidentified C. exiguus.
Countries:	Native: Australia
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Population [top]

Population:	It occurs at moderate to high densities, and is one of the most frequently encountered amphibians within its range.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is an inhabitant of moderate- to high-elevation tropical rainforest. Males are usually observed calling from amongst leaf-litter, or from under logs and roots and other debris on the forest floor. It is a terrestrial breeder, and the young develop directly into fully formed froglets.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is no information on threats to this species. Its very restricted range renders it susceptible to stochastic threatening processes.

Major Threat(s):

There is no information on threats to this species. Its very restricted range renders it susceptible to stochastic threatening processes.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The range of this species includes a few protected areas within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. There is a need for close monitoring of the population status of this species given its very limited range.

Conservation Actions:

The range of this species includes a few protected areas within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. There is a need for close monitoring of the population status of this species given its very limited range.

Citation:	Conrad Hoskin 2004. Cophixalus aenigma. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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