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Xenorhina gigantea

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA MICROHYLIDAE

Scientific Name: Xenorhina gigantea
Species Authority: van Kampen, 1915
Synonym/s:
Xenobatrachus giganteus (van Kampen, 1915)
Xenorhina giganteus (van Kampen, 1915)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Stephen Richards, David Price
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainties as to its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known only from the type locality near the upper Lorentz River, and Eipomek, approximately 140km east of the type locality, in Papua, Indonesia, at 1,700-2,400m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Indonesia
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Population [top]

Population: It is reportedly rare, according to local people.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It inhabits montane forest, and possibly also montane grasslands (according to local informants; Blum and Menzies 1988), and presumably breeds by direct development.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There is little information on threats to this species, but the area around Eipomek has been heavily cleared for rural gardens.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in Lorentz National Park.
Citation: Stephen Richards, David Price 2004. Xenorhina gigantea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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