Crotaphatrema bornmuelleri
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
GYMNOPHIONA |
CAECILIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Crotaphatrema bornmuelleri |
| Species Authority: |
(Werner, 1899) |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Data Deficient
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2004 |
| Assessor/s: |
Simon Loader, Mark Wilkinson, John Measey |
| Reviewer/s: |
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox) |
| Contributor/s: |
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Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of the absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
This species is known only from Limbe in south-western Cameroon. It has been suggested that it is a high-altitude species, perhaps occurring on the slopes of Mount Cameroon above Limbe. |
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| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
There is no information on its population status, and it is known only from a single specimen collected in 1893.
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| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
There is no information on the habitat or ecological preferences of this species, and its breeding biology is also unknown (although it is suspected to be oviparous with direct development).
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
There is no information on specific threats to it. There has been extensive forest loss in its only known locality, but it is likely to occur more widely, and, if it is like some other African caecilians, it might be adaptable to habitat change, making it less threatened than it would otherwise be.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It is not known from any protected areas.
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