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Xenophrys major
Country
| Country | Myanmar |
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| Continent Ocean | Asia |
Classification
| Kingdom | Animalia (COL) |
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| Phylum | Chordata (COL) |
| Class | Amphibia (COL) |
| Order | Anura (COL) |
| Family | Megophryidae (COL) |
Taxonomy
| Genus | Xenophrys | Reference | |
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| Species | major | IUCN Threat Status-Year | Least Concern, 2004 |
| SubSpecies | Nat'l Threat Status-Year | Not Evaluated, 2000 | |
| Infraspecies | Reason for Change | ||
| Infraspecies Rank | CITES | ||
| Taxonomic Group | Amphibians | Native Status | Native |
| Scientific Name Author | Boulenger, 1908 | Country Distribution | Myanmar |
| Citation | Description | Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is widespread from northeastern India (Arunchal Pradesh and Nagaland) through northern Myanmar, northern and western Thailand, northern Lao Peoples Democratic Republic and northern Viet Nam south through the Annamite mountains of the Lao-Vietnamese border region, and southern and western Yunnan and western Guangxi provinces, in China. It is found at elevations between 250-2,500m asl.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
China; India; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam
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Population [top]
Population: It is known to be common throughout most of its range.
Current Population Trend: Decreasing
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: It exclusively inhabits evergreen forest areas, in monsoon and perennial rain climates. It breeds in streams and tadpoles live in clear, swift-flowing streams.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): It is a widespread species; individual populations experience a wide variety of threats. The species overall is probably only potentially threatened by pervasive impacts such as mass forest destruction or water pollution/erosion runoff. In China it is collected locally for food.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: The range of this species overlaps with several protected areas. Taxonomic research to review variation across the species range would be useful.
Citation: Peter Paul van Dijk, Bryan Stuart, Wu Guanfu, Lu Shunqing, Yang Datong, Sohrab Uddin Sarker, Saibal Sengupta. 2004. Megophrys major. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T57643A11668731. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57643A11668731.en. Downloaded on 22 February 2017.
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| Individual Count | 0 | GML Features | |
| Observerd Individual Count | 0 | Notes |
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Additional Info
Synonyms To Manage Synonyms for Xenophrys major, click this link: Synonyms. |
Xenophrys gigas Jerdon, 1870 ¦ Xenophrys major (Boulenger, 1908) ¦ |
Common Names To Manage Common Names for Xenophrys major, click this link: Common Names. |
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Species Record Details Encoded By:
Carlos Aurelio Callangan
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Species Record Updated By:
Carlos Aurelio Callangan
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