| Citation |
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2016. Megophrys damrei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T48101780A48101799. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T48101780A48101799.en. Downloaded on 07 May 2019. |
Description |
Geographic Range
NATIVE
Extant (resident)
Cambodia
NUMBER OF LOCATIONS
1
UPPER ELEVATION LIMIT
1,000 metres
LOWER ELEVATION LIMIT
428 metres
UPPER DEPTH LIMIT
LOWER DEPTH LIMIT
Geographic Range in detail
Population
CURRENT POPULATION TREND
Decreasing
NUMBER OF MATURE INDIVIDUALS
POPULATION SEVERELY FRAGMENTED
CONTINUING DECLINE OF MATURE INDIVIDUALS
Population in detail
EXTREME FLUCTUATIONS
NO. OF SUBPOPULATIONS
CONTINUING DECLINE IN SUBPOPULATIONS
EXTREME FLUCTUATIONS IN SUBPOPULATIONS
ALL INDIVIDUALS IN ONE SUBPOPULATION
NO. OF INDIVIDUALS IN LARGEST SUBPOPULATION
DESCRIPTION
No information is currently known on the size and trends of this species population because only eight specimens have ever been collected. Two specimens were collected in 1914 (Mahony 2011) and six in 2012 (Neang et al. 2013), but many more individuals were heard during the surveys in 2012 (T. Neang pers. comm. 2015). Due to ongoing habitat degradation and loss (S. Mahony pers. comm. 2015, T. Neang pers. comm. 2015) within national park boundaries and in the adjacent surroundings (Grogan et al. 2009, Mahony 2011, Wyatt 2013), the species population is likely decreasing.
Habitat and Ecology
SYSTEM
Terrestrial, Freshwater (=Inland waters)
HABITAT TYPE
Wetlands (inland), Forest
GENERATION LENGTH (YEARS)
CONGREGATORY
MOVEMENT PATTERNS
Not a Migrant
CONTINUING DECLINE IN AREA, EXTENT AND/OR QUALITY OF HABITAT
Yes
Habitat and Ecology in detail
HABITAT AND ECOLOGY
The species known habitat is characterized by evergreen forest and rocky streams, which are periodically reduced to small pools and where it breeds by larval development (Stuart and Emmett 2006). Individuals were observed in a variety of microhabitats, including leaf litter, stream banks, rocky boulders in cascade sections and near water seepages along a rocky, swift-flowing stream (Neang et al. 2013).
Threats
Residential & commercial development
Tourism & recreation areas
Agriculture & aquaculture
Annual & perennial non-timber crops
Transportation & service corridors
Roads & railroads
Biological resource use
Logging & wood harvesting
Human intrusions & disturbance
Recreational activities
Work & other activities
Threats in detail
THREATS
Habitat loss both inside and at the boundaries of the National Park is ongoing due to recreational and tourism-related infrastructure (S. Mahony pers. comm. 2015, T. Neang pers. comm. 2015), land clearing, human encroachment from increasing settlements and agriculture, illegal logging (Grogan et al. 2009, Mahony 2011, Wyatt 2013), illegal charcoal production and trade, and illegal drug manufacturing (Wyatt 2013). |
