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Nanorana taihangnica
| family: Dicroglossidae subfamily: Dicroglossinae |
Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: China
View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper. IUCN (Red List) status: Data Deficient (DD).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.
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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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