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Cophixalus verecundus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA MICROHYLIDAE

Scientific Name: Cophixalus verecundus
Species Authority: Zweifel and Parker, 1989

Assessment Information [top]

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

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known only from the type locality, Myola Guest House, 7km south and 6km west of Mount Bellamy, in Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, at 2,080m asl. It is presumably more widely distributed within suitable habitat.
Countries:
Native:
Papua New Guinea
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Population [top]

Population: There is no information available on its population status, but it proved difficult to find in the field.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It inhabits moss and leaf-litter in montane rainforest, and is not known to occur in disturbed habitats.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no known threats to it.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: The type locality is not within a protected area.
Citation: Richard Zweifel, Fred Parker 2004. Cophixalus verecundus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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