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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species is endemic to the Philippines, where it has been recorded from the island of Luzon in multiple localities along the Sierra Madre Mountain Range and few locaties in the Cordilleras. It is known from between 250 and 850 m asl.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Philippines
Additional data:
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 250
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 850
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Population [top]
Population: The species seems to be fairly common in good forested areas.
Current Population Trend: Decreasing
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Animals are generally fossorial, and are usually found under logs and similar ground cover in both primary and secondary forest.
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The species is threatened by deforestation from logging operations and the conversion of land to agricultural use.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: The species occurs in at least three protected areas (including Auroria Memorial National Park and Balbalasang-Balbalan National Park). There is a need to maintain areas of suitable forest for this species.
Citation: Brown, R. & Duya, M.R. 2009. Brachymeles bicolor. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T169776A6672495. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169776A6672495.en. Downloaded on 30 January 2019.
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