Rhacophorus margaritifer

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:

Rhacophorus margaritifer

Species Authority:

(Schlegel, 1837)

Common Name/s:

English

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Java Flying Frog

Synonym/s:

Hyla margaritifera Schlegel, 1837

Rhacophorus barbouri Ahl, 1927

Rhacophorus javanus Boettger, 1893

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2009

Assessor/s:

Iskandar, D., Mumpuni, Kusrini, M. & Angulo, A.

Reviewer/s:

Cox, N.A. & Hoffmann, M.

Contributor/s:

Justification:

Listed as Least Concern since it occurs in several areas of extensive, suitable and protected habitat, has a presumed large population, and it is unlikely to be declining to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

History:

2004

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Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from several areas in Java, including two areas in Jawa Barat, one area in Jawa Tengah, one area in Jawa Timur, seven sites within Gede Pangrango National Park, six sites within Halimun Salak National Park, the forest around the Taman Safari Indonesia Zoo in Cisarua, West Java, Cibodas Botanical Garden, Telaga Warna and Mount Merapi National Park, Java, Indonesia (M. Kusrini pers. comm. August 2009). It is known to occur from 100-1,795 m asl (M. Kusrini pers. comm. August 2009).
Countries:	Native: Indonesia (Jawa)
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a common species in suitable habitat.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in lowland and montane forest, including in disturbed forest. It breeds in streams. One female was found to contain 180 eggs (M. Kusrini pers. comm. August 2009).
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat is the loss of forest habitat due to smallholder farming and subsistence wood collecting. More recently, this species has tested positive for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Kusrini et al. 2008), although there are no reports of associated declines in this species.

Major Threat(s):

The major threat is the loss of forest habitat due to smallholder farming and subsistence wood collecting. More recently, this species has tested positive for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Kusrini et al. 2008), although there are no reports of associated declines in this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Mount Merapi, Gunung Halimun and Gunung Gede Pangrango National Parks, as well as in the Taman Safari Park. It is important to assess the presence and extent of the impact of the chytrid fungus on frog populations in Indonesia (Kusrini et al. 2008).

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Mount Merapi, Gunung Halimun and Gunung Gede Pangrango National Parks, as well as in the Taman Safari Park. It is important to assess the presence and extent of the impact of the chytrid fungus on frog populations in Indonesia (Kusrini et al. 2008).

Citation:	Iskandar, D., Mumpuni, Kusrini, M. & Angulo, A. 2009. Rhacophorus margaritifer. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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