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Nanorana taihangnica

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Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	DICROGLOSSIDAE

Scientific Name:	Nanorana taihangnica
Species Authority:	(Chen and Jiang, 2002)
Synonym/s:	Chaparana taihangnicus (Chen and Jiang, 2002) Nanorana taihangnicus Chen & Jiang, 2002 Paa taihangnicus Chen and Jiang, 2002

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Date Assessed:	2004-04-30
Assessor/s:	Xie Feng
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been described, and there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status, threats and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This recently described species is known only from the type locality on Taihang Mountain, near Jiyuan city, in Henan Province, central China, where it has been recorded from 728-1,230m asl. The limits of its distribution are not yet known.
Countries:	Native: China
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Population [top]

Population:	There is only one known population and it seems to be a rare species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabits streams, in which it probably breeds, and the surrounding hill forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Threats to this newly described species are not yet known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

It is not known if the species occurs in any protected areas. The type locality is not within a protected area.

Citation:	Xie Feng 2004. Nanorana taihangnica. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 March 2014.
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