Micrixalus fuscus

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	MICRIXALIDAE

Scientific Name:	Micrixalus fuscus
Species Authority:	(Boulenger, 1882)
Synonym/s:	Micrixalus herrei Myers, 1942
Taxonomic Notes:	This form is a complex of more than one species. Myers (1942b) described Micrixalus herrei, which was subsequently synonymized with this species by Inger et al. (1984). It is possible that M. herrei is a valid species within the M. fuscus complex (S.D. Biju pers. comm.).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Near Threatened ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar, M.S. Ravichandran
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Near Threatened because its Extent of Occurrence is probably not much greater than 20,000 km2, and the extent and quality of its habitat are probably declining, thus making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This is a species complex endemic to the southern Western Ghats of India, where it occurs from 200-1,000m asl.
Countries:	Native: India
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Population [top]

Population:	It is common.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species complex is associated with hill streams and riparian habitats in moist tropical evergreen forest, and is commonly found at the forest edge, but not outside the forest. Breeding takes place in streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threats to its habitat are the conversion of forest to cultivated areas (including coffee and tea plantations), subsistence harvesting of wood and timber, modification of waterways (through dam construction), and infrastructure development.

Major Threat(s):

The major threats to its habitat are the conversion of forest to cultivated areas (including coffee and tea plantations), subsistence harvesting of wood and timber, modification of waterways (through dam construction), and infrastructure development.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species complex has been recorded from many protected areas and is protected by national legislation. Given that this is a species complex further research is required to resolve its taxonomy.

Conservation Actions:

This species complex has been recorded from many protected areas and is protected by national legislation. Given that this is a species complex further research is required to resolve its taxonomy.

Citation:	S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, S.P. Vijayakumar, M.S. Ravichandran 2004. Micrixalus fuscus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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