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IUCN (Red List) status: Least Concern (LC).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species is known from lowland coastal areas of northern and western Sumatra (in Bengkulu, West Sumatra, North Sumatra and Aceh Provinces, all along coastal area to about 200km inland), the Mentawai Islands (Enggano, Siberut, Sipora, Batu Islands (Pini, Tanah Masa and probably in Tanah Bala), Nias and Simeulue), and Natuna in Indonesia; and from Great Nicobar Island (India), Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. It probably also occurs on Banyak and Pagai islands in Indonesia. Habitat and Ecology It occurs in low areas along rivers in tropical forest and forest edges in leaf-litter. It breeds in rivers. Population It is common in Indonesia and abundant in the Nicobar Islands. Population Trend Decreasing Major Threats It is probably threatened to some extent by habitat loss and pollution from agriculture. Animals are harvested for food and traded within Indonesia and are probably exported to Singapore. Conservation Actions It occurs in some protected areas in Indonesia and Singapore and in Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve in India. It is protected by national legislation in India. Taxonomic Notes This species is part of the Limnonectes blythii complex. Citation Djoko Iskandar, Mumpuni, Indraneil Das, S.P. Vijayakumar 2004. Limnonectes shompenorum. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use