AMPHIBIAWEB
Leptolalax pictus
family: Megophryidae

Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Malaysia

Malaysian region distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Sabah

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IUCN (Red List) status: Vulnerable (VU).
For Red List information on this species, see the threat category on the Global Amphibian Assessment Web site.

 
Information below is from the Global Amphibian Assessment website, made available here by kind permission of IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Conservation International and NatureServe.
Geographic Range


Range Comments: This species has been recorded from a number of sites in northern Borneo. Most records are from Sabah (Malaysia), but it is also known from north-eastern Kalimantan (Indonesia) and north-eastern Sarawak (Malaysia). It has an altitudinal range of 500-1,500m asl.
Biogeographic Realm(s): Indomalayan
Distribution Status:
Native Indonesia; Malaysia
Native (Possibly Present) Brunei Darussalam


Population
There is no information on the current population status of this species.
Habitat and Ecology
It occurs in the leaf-litter and lower shrub layer of closed-canopy forests. It breeds in small, clear, rocky streams.
Biomes: Terrestrial, Freshwater
Habitats: (See complete standardized list of habitats)
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)
Major Threats
The major threat to this species is logging of lowland rainforest.

Specific Threat (See complete standardized list of threats) Past Present Future
1 Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced)
   1.3 Extraction
     1.3.3 Wood
       1.3.3.3 Clear-cutting
6 Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species)
   6.3 Water pollution
     6.3.7 Sediment

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