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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is known only from western Sabah and east-central Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo at elevations of 200-700m asl. It probably occurs more widely than current records suggest.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Malaysia
Additional data:
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Population [top]
Population: It does not appear to be common or abundant at any site.
Current Population Trend: Decreasing
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: It is known only from primary, hilly, lowland rainforest. Adults and juveniles live on the forest floor. Breeding presumably takes place in small, clear streams as with other species of the genus.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The major threat is the loss of habitat through clear-cutting, and most suitable lowland habitat in Sabah has now been logged.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: The species exists in protected areas in Sabah, but remains unprotected in Sarawak. There is an urgent need for the protection of remaining suitable lowland forest habitats at sites where this species is known to occur.
Citation: Robert Inger, Djoko Iskandar, Indraneil Das, Robert Stuebing, Maklarin Lakim, Paul Yambun. 2004. Borneophrys edwardinae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T57578A11648706. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T57578A11648706.en. Downloaded on 29 January 2019.
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