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Nanorana taihangnica
family: Dicroglossidae
subfamily: Dicroglossinae

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: China
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IUCN (Red List) status: Data Deficient (DD).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:

 

Range Description

This recently described species is known only from the type locality on Taihang Mountain, near Jiyuan city, in Henan Province, central China, where it has been recorded from 728-1,230m asl. The limits of its distribution are not yet known.

Habitat and Ecology

It inhabits streams, in which it probably breeds, and the surrounding hill forest.

Population

There is only one known population and it seems to be a rare species.

Population Trend

Unknown

Major Threats

Threats to this newly described species are not yet known.

Conservation Actions

It is not known if the species occurs in any protected areas. The type locality is not within a protected area.

Citation

Xie Feng 2004. Nanorana taihangnica. In: IUCN 2012

 

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