Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Megophryidae > Leptobrachella > Leptobrachella palmata

Leptobrachella palmata (Palm Borneo frog)

Wikipedia Abstract

Leptobrachella palmata is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family. It is endemic to Borneo, and only known from its type locality in Lipaso Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia. It has not been found in the nearby Gunung Mulu National Park, despite many surveys there.Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Leptobrachella palmata

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Leptobrachella palmata

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
76
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.55
EDGE Score: 5.69
View EDGE Record: Leptobrachella palmata

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  0.661 inches (1.68 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Borneo lowland rain forests Indonesia, Malaysia Indo-Malayan Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Lipaso Protection Forest Reserve 9561 Sabah, Malaysia  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Lipaso Protection Forest Reserve Malaysia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0