IUCN Red List Category: VU B1ab(iii) (Draft)
Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Amphibia | Anura | Bufonidae | Ansonia | Ansonia muelleri |
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This species is found in the mountains of Mindanao and Dinagat Islands, in the Philippines.
It inhabits cool mountain streams and rivers in montane rainforest where it also breeds and the larvae develop.
This species inhabits high-elevation forests, which are generally less threatened by habitat conversion, agriculture, and human encroachment, and the pollution of streams and rivers. Regardless, some populations of this species are subject to these threats.
It is known from several protected areas, including Mount Malindang National Park. Conservation measures must include the regulation and proper disposal of pesticides and herbicides, and the protection of the remaining rainforest, especially high-elevation riverine habitats and gallery forests, on Mindanao. The taxonomic status of this species requires further study.
Listed as Vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat on Mindanao and Dinagat in the Philippines.
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