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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is known from lowland coastal areas of northern and western Sumatra (in Bengkulu, West Sumatra, North Sumatra and Aceh Provinces, all along coastal area to about 200km inland), the Mentawai Islands (Enggano, Siberut, Sipora, Batu Islands (Pini, Tanah Masa and probably in Tanah Bala), Nias and Simeulue), and Natuna in Indonesia; and from Great Nicobar Island (India), Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. It probably also occurs on Banyak and Pagai islands in Indonesia.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Singapore
Additional data:
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Population [top]
Population: It is common in Indonesia and abundant in the Nicobar Islands.
Current Population Trend: Decreasing
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: It occurs in low areas along rivers in tropical forest and forest edges in leaf-litter. It breeds in rivers.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): It is probably threatened to some extent by habitat loss and pollution from agriculture. Animals are harvested for food and traded within Indonesia and are probably exported to Singapore.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It occurs in some protected areas in Indonesia and Singapore and in Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve in India. It is protected by national legislation in India.
Citation: Djoko Iskandar, Mumpuni, Indraneil Das, S.P. Vijayakumar. 2004. Limnonectes shompenorum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58366A11772127. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58366A11772127.en. Downloaded on 11 May 2017.
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