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Cophixalus ateles

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA MICROHYLIDAE

Scientific Name: Cophixalus ateles
Species Authority: (Boulenger, 1898)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Stephen Richards, Richard Zweifel
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of the absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known only from the type locality, Moroka, at 700m asl, in Papua New Guinea. Animals that fit the description of this species, but which are not yet confirmed as being of this species, are widespread in south-eastern Papua New Guinea.
Countries:
Native:
Papua New Guinea
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Population [top]

Population: t is known only from the type series, described in 1898.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It is presumably a forest inhabitant that breeds by direct development.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): No data are available.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: As there have been no confirmed records of this species for over 100 years, there is an urgent need to determine its current status, and the correct identities of the animals (which fit its description) that are widespread in south-eastern Papua New Guinea.
Citation: Stephen Richards, Richard Zweifel 2004. Cophixalus ateles. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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