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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: Singapore: Known only from Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (no longer found here) and a very small population in a streamlet on a small hill near Bukit Batok. The species is endemic to Singapore.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Singapore
Additional data:
? Number of Locations: 1
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Population [top]
Population: Known only from a very small population in a streamlet on a small hill near Bukit Batok in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: This species is found under rocks at the sides of the main stream as well as hiding inside clumps of leaves and detritus, even in almost stagnant pools. It feeds on plant detritus as well as on oligochaete worms, which are present in the soft mud of a stream. Quite terrestrial habits and mainly nocturnal species (Ng 1988). Undisturbed primary hill forest streams.
Systems: Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Loss of forest cover and aquatic pollution. Acidification of water and lowering of water table, probably reducing stream flow and availability of suitable habitats.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: The continued conservation of Bukit Timah Hill and the associated stream systems in Jungle Fall Valley offers the only hope for survival of this species in Singapore.
Citation: Lara Esser, Cumberlidge, N. & and Darren Yeo. 2008. Johora singaporensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T134219A3921290. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134219A3921290.en. Downloaded on 04 May 2017.
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