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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is known from southern Peninsular Malaysia (Berry, 1975), Singapore (Lim and Lim, 1992; Leong, 2000) and Borneo. It probably occurs more widely than current records suggest, especially in areas between known sites. It is found at elevations below 300m asl.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Indonesia; Malaysia; Singapore
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Population [top]
Population: In Malaysia and Singapore the species is common, but nothing is known about its abundance in Borneo.
Current Population Trend: Decreasing
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: It inhabits lowland rainforest, including regenerating forest. Adults and juveniles range widely in swampy forest. Breeding takes place in small, slowly flowing streams. Tadpoles live in slow-flowing sections of forest streams.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Lowland forest clearance is the main threat to this species.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It occurs in a number of protected areas in mainland Southeast Asia, but not in Borneo. Preservation of lowland forest is the main conservation measure required for this species.
Citation: Peter Paul van Dijk, Robert Inger, Norsham Yaakob. 2004. Leptobrachium nigrops. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T57557A11644965. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57557A11644965.en. Downloaded on 10 May 2017.
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