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Oreolalax rhodostigmatus (Guizhou lazy toad)

Synonyms: Scutiger rhodostigmatus

Wikipedia Abstract

Oreolalax rhodostigmatus (Guizhou lazy toad or red-spotted toothed toad) is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family. It is endemic to central and south-central China where it can be found in Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Hunan provinces.While its distribution is relatively wide, it is known from only few locations. Its natural habitats are limestone caves in forested habitats. Breeding takes place in springs and stream pools inside the limestone caves. It is threatened by habitat loss and locally by collection for food (tadpoles).
View Wikipedia Record: Oreolalax rhodostigmatus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Oreolalax rhodostigmatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
55
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.57
EDGE Score: 4.31

Attributes

Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.894 inches (7.35 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Daba Mountains evergreen forests China Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Guizhou Plateau broadleaf and mixed forests China Palearctic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

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
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