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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is endemic to the Sunda Shelf and Peninsular Malaysia and is found from Sumatra and the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia eastwards to eastern and southern Borneo (Murphy 2007). It is possible further surveys will find it in the extreme south of Thailand (Murphy 2007).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Indonesia; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia); Singapore
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Population [top]
Population: This species may be common. However, information on this species is only from ten specimens. There is no information on abundance for this species.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Available specimens were collected in blackwater streams and a peat swamp forest (Murphy 2007). The species may be an aquatic burrower based on its morphology (short tail) (J. Murphy pers. comm. 2009).
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The major threats to this species are unknown. The peat forest in this region has already been heavily degraded by logging, cleared for drainage and plantation forestry and is being further degraded by fire (Brown 1998) but it is unclear how these impact the species. Peat swamps may be mined in the future for their peat, resulting in more severe habitat destruction.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: There are no known species-specific conservation measures in place for this species, however, in places its distribution coincides with protected areas, probably providing small safeguards. As this species is uncommon and inhabits a threatened and degraded habitat, more research is needed on its population size, range, habitat status, and trends.
Citation: Murphy, J. 2010. Enhydris punctata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176681A7282886. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176681A7282886.en. Downloaded on 17 April 2017.
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