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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The species is known only from the type locality in Viet Nams Central Highlands. Both known specimens were collected on a forested slope of Mount Ngoc Linh, at elevations of 1,550 – 1,700 m asl., above Mang Xang village (Orlov 2009).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Viet Nam
Additional data:
? Number of Locations: 1 ? Continuing decline in number of locations: Unknown
? Extreme fluctuations in the number of locations: Unknown ? Lower elevation limit (metres): 1550
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 1700
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Population [top]
Population: No population information is available for this species, which is known from only two specimens.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Extreme fluctuations: Unknown ? Population severely fragmented: Unknown
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: An adult female was collected from the leaf litter in the flood pain of a forest stream during the rain in September on a night excursion. The second specimen was collected in the end of the dry season in March, in leaf litter covering a forest path.
Systems: Terrestrial
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: There are no reports of this species being utilized.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The threats to this species are unknown. As this species has so far only been found from high elevations (Q.T. Nguyen pers. comm. August 2011) it may not be at risk from habitat degradation, however its true elevational range is unknown and it may be at risk if it occurs at lower elevations.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: No species-specific conservation measures are in place. The Ngoc Linh Mountains where the species was found is a protected area. Research is needed into this snakes distribution, population status, natural history, and its exposure and sensitivity to threats.
Citation: Nguyen, T.Q. 2012. Calamaria abramovi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T193443A2236510. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T193443A2236510.en. Downloaded on 20 February 2019.
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