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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species occupies burrows in lowland and hill rainforest, and has also been recorded in degraded forest, forest edges, rural gardens, and around landslides (S. Richards pers. comm. August 2019). It breeds by direct development.
Range:
This species was previously considered to occur throughout New Guinea - both in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and including Yapen, Biak, Goodenough, Fergusson and Misima Islands - from close to sea level up to at least 1,920 m asl. However, the current concept restricts this species to Misima Island where it is expected to occur at all elevations on the island (0-1,000 m asl). Some records from mainland Papua New Guinea have been assigned to Callulops eremnosphax (Kraus and Allison 2009) and C. microtis (Kraus 2012), records from Fakfak Mountains in Papua have been assigned to C. valvifer (Günther 2013). Records from Biak Island have now been assigned to C. biakensis and those from Yapen Island have been assigned to C. yapensis (Günther et al. 2012), while records from Goodenough and Fergusson Islands and the remainder of New Guinea belong to undescribed species (Melanesia Red List Assessment Workshop August 2019). For the purposes of this assessment, all records assigned to other species have been removed from this concept and all records belonging to undescribed species are coded 'Presence Uncertain', and retained in the distribution map but excluded from the extent of occurrence (EOO). Its current estimated EOO is 315 km2.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
This species does not occur in any protected areas (due to none being present on Misima Island), but the area of Oya Tau remains well-forested.
Conservation Needed
Declines due to the arrival of chytrids are known to be rapid and severe. Therefore, a common analogue species should be identified and the capacity for ex-situ conservation (e.g. captive assurance populations and genome banking) should be developed in country. There is a high risk that the introduction of chytrids could be caused by human activities, “enforcing quarantine measures through policy changes, investing in compliance, promoting education, and minimizing risks, including transportation of infected sources” (Bower et al. 2019) is strongly recommended (Melanesia Red List Assessment Workshop July 2019).
Research Needed
Taxonomic research is required to determine the identity of all subpopulations outside of Misima Island.
This species does not occur in any protected areas (due to none being present on Misima Island), but the area of Oya Tau remains well-forested.
Conservation Needed
Declines due to the arrival of chytrids are known to be rapid and severe. Therefore, a common analogue species should be identified and the capacity for ex-situ conservation (e.g. captive assurance populations and genome banking) should be developed in country. There is a high risk that the introduction of chytrids could be caused by human activities, “enforcing quarantine measures through policy changes, investing in compliance, promoting education, and minimizing risks, including transportation of infected sources” (Bower et al. 2019) is strongly recommended (Melanesia Red List Assessment Workshop July 2019).
Research Needed
Taxonomic research is required to determine the identity of all subpopulations outside of Misima Island.