Micrixalus thampii

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	MICRIXALIDAE

Scientific Name:	Micrixalus thampii
Species Authority:	Pillai, 1981

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger, M.S. Ravichandran
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 in the Silent Valley National Park, in the Western Ghats in India at approximately 900m asl. It possibly occurs a little more widely.
Countries:	Native: India
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Population [top]

Population:	It is currently known only from two specimens.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is associated with hill streams and riparian habitats in moist evergreen tropical forest. The type specimen was collected on the forest floor. This species presumably has aquatic larvae in streams, like other species of Micrixalus.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is only known from the well-protected Silent Valley National Park in Kerala, and it is also protected by national legislation. This species is subject to ongoing studies by Biju (pers. comm.).

Conservation Actions:

It is only known from the well-protected Silent Valley National Park in Kerala, and it is also protected by national legislation. This species is subject to ongoing studies by Biju (pers. comm.).

Citation:	S.D. Biju, Sushil Dutta, Robert Inger, M.S. Ravichandran 2004. Micrixalus thampii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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