Philautus acutus

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	RHACOPHORIDAE

Scientific Name:	Philautus acutus
Species Authority:	Dring, 1987

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Robert Inger, Djoko Iskandar, Indraneil Das, Robert Stuebing, Maklarin Lakim, Paul Yambun, Mumpuni
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because it is known from only a single location.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from Gunung Mulu National Park, in Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia. It is present at elevations of around 1,300m asl.
Countries:	Native: Malaysia
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Population [top]

Population:	The current population status of this species is unknown.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in the shrub stratum of submontane and montane forests. Males call in groups, and breeding takes place by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats to the species at present; however, its restricted range makes it especially vulnerable to stochastic threatening processes.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats to the species at present; however, its restricted range makes it especially vulnerable to stochastic threatening processes.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The only known population is within Gunung Mulu National Park, which is also a World Heritage Site. There is a need for targeted surveys to determine and monitor the population status of this species.

Conservation Actions:

The only known population is within Gunung Mulu National Park, which is also a World Heritage Site. There is a need for targeted surveys to determine and monitor the population status of this species.

Citation:	Robert Inger, Djoko Iskandar, Indraneil Das, Robert Stuebing, Maklarin Lakim, Paul Yambun, Mumpuni 2004. Philautus acutus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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