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Kurixalus odontotarsus

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	RHACOPHORIDAE

Scientific Name:	Kurixalus odontotarsus
Species Authority:	(Ye and Fei, 1993)
Synonym/s:	Philautus odontotarsus Ye and Fei, 1993
Taxonomic Notes:	This species might be a synonym of Kurixalus verrucosus (Ohler et al. 2000).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Michael Wai Neng Lau, Yang Datong
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
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Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from 250-1,500 m altitude in southern and southwestern China in Xizang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hainan, Guangxi and Guangdong Provinces, as well as in Lao Cai and Ha Giang Provinces, Viet Nam. It presumably occurs in other neighbouring countries.
Countries:	Native: China; Viet Nam
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Population [top]

Population:	It is very common in Hainan (Lu Shunqin pers. comm.)
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabits forests and shrublands. It breeds in ditches and temporary pools.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Agriculture and logging are probably impacting its habitat when these are carried out too intensively.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

Many protected areas in the region supports this species.

Citation:	Michael Wai Neng Lau, Yang Datong 2004. Kurixalus odontotarsus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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