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Description |
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is reported only from Inle Lake, Myanmar (Annandale 1918).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Myanmar
Additional data:
? Estimated area of occupancy (AOO) - km2: 55
? Number of Locations: 1
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Population [top]
Population: Population details are not known.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: It lives in the central region of the lake and crawls slowly on the bottom, on weeds and posts, but is very sluggish and remains for days without moving. It feeds on minute algae of a very soft consistency.
Systems: Freshwater
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade:
No information is available on trade and use of this species.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s):
Species specific threats are not known. However, Inle Lake is threatened from several factors contributing to loss of water cover area and degradation in habitat due to floating lake cultivation, tourism, pollution from agricultural runoff, sewage disposal, gold and silver smithing, sedimentation due to aqua culture, etc. are major factors (Sidle et al. 2007). The effects of these habitat related threats is inferred to have a major impact on the species. The lake has reduced from 69.1 km2 to 46.7 km2 in the last 75 years (Sidle et al. 2007).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: No information is available on the conservation of this species. Further research is required regarding the taxonomy, population trends, life history and threats impacting this species. Continued monitoring would also be recommended in order to survey the long-term status and viability of populations.
Citation: Madhyastha, A., Daniel, B.A. & Rintelen, T. 2011. Taia intha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T177471A7440340. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T177471A7440340.en. Downloaded on 25 January 2017.
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