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Platypelis cowanii

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	MICROHYLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Platypelis cowanii
Species Authority:	Boulenger, 1882
Taxonomic Notes:	The taxonomy of this species is poorly known.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Ronald Nussbaum, Christopher Raxworthy
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
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Justification: Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing doubts as to its taxonomic status as well as absence of information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species has a very uncertain distribution because of its confused taxonomic status. The type locality is "East Betsileo", which is presumably in east-central Madagascar, but this is not a specific locality, so no range map can be prepared for this species. Some other specimens have also been assigned to this species, but it is not clear that this is correct.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population:	There is no recent information available on the population status of this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is presumably an arboreal rainforest species that breeds in tree holes and bamboo.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

There is no information available on threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

It is not known from any protected areas.

Citation:	Ronald Nussbaum, Christopher Raxworthy 2004. Platypelis cowanii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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