Indirana brachytarsus

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	RANIXALIDAE

Scientific Name:	Indirana brachytarsus
Species Authority:	(Günther, 1876)
Synonym/s:	Polypedates brachytarsus Günther, 1876
Taxonomic Notes:	A number of specimens referred to this species in the past are likely to have been misidentified (S.D. Biju pers. comm.).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Endangered because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 5,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India. Populations occur at Ponmudi, Periyar Tiger Reserve and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (in Kerala), Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (in Tamil Nadu) and Coorg and Kudremukh National Park (in Karnataka). It has an altitudinal range of 800-1,200m asl.
Countries:	Native: India
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Population [top]

Population:	It is locally common.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a terrestrial species associated with hill streams in wet evergreen and semi-evergreen tropical forests and swamps. It may be found at forest edges, but not in agricultural land. Breeding takes place on wet rocks, and the larvae are found on wet rock surfaces next to streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The main threat to this species is the loss of forested areas following conversion to agricultural land (including coffee, tea and cardamom plantations), and harvesting of wood and timber by local people for subsistence purposes.

Major Threat(s):

The main threat to this species is the loss of forested areas following conversion to agricultural land (including coffee, tea and cardamom plantations), and harvesting of wood and timber by local people for subsistence purposes.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It has been recorded from Kudremukh National Park (in Karnataka), Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (in Tamil Nadu) and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and Periyar Tiger Reserve (in Kerala). It has been included in field studies by Ravichandran (1995-1997) and Biju (2000-present). It is protected by national legislation.

Conservation Actions:

It has been recorded from Kudremukh National Park (in Karnataka), Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (in Tamil Nadu) and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and Periyar Tiger Reserve (in Kerala). It has been included in field studies by Ravichandran (1995-1997) and Biju (2000-present). It is protected by national legislation.

Citation:	S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger 2004. Indirana brachytarsus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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