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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Critically Endangered |
| 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) |
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Habitat:
It is resident in primary and secondary evergreen forest from sea-level up to 1,500 m, and up to1,700-1,900 m on the Da Lat Plateau. The highest densities are from moist primary forest in lowlands up to c. 900 m. It has been recorded from degraded forest habitats, including active logging concessions (N. Brickle in litt. 2004), however recent occupancy modelling shows a significant association of the species with intact, closed-canopy forest (Gray et al. 2014). It is plausible that this finding actually reflects the pattern of hunting intensity rather than a species preference, as within an area of lower hunting pressure forest cover was not a strong predictor of occurrence (Vu and Tran 2020).
Range:
Rheinardia ocellata is found along the Annamite mountain chain in central and southern Viet Nam and neighbouring eastern Laos, between the Nghe An province and the Da Lat Plateau in southern Viet Nam. Previously it was readily recorded within forest in this range, but the impact of intensive snaring has depleted populations severely such that it is now absent or close to extinction at previously occupied sites.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions Underway
CITES Appendix I. It occurs in several protected areas, including at least 10 nature reserves in Viet Nam, at least two designated and two proposed National Biodiversity Conservation Areas in Laos. Anti-snaring patrols operate in several protected areas in Viet Nam (Gray et al. 2018). Taxonomic relationships between this species and R. nigrescens have been investigated resulting the separation of the two as distinct species with separate conservation requirements (Davison et al. 2020).Conservation Actions Proposed
Regularly monitor selected populations in Laos and Viet Nam by repeating the Bayesian occupancy model as published by Gray et al. (2014). Promote strict enforcement of hunting regulations in protected areas supporting populations, in combination with locally-targeted conservation awareness initiatives. Survey suitable habitat in Laos and Viet Nam to clarify its current distribution and assess its abundance.
CITES Appendix I. It occurs in several protected areas, including at least 10 nature reserves in Viet Nam, at least two designated and two proposed National Biodiversity Conservation Areas in Laos. Anti-snaring patrols operate in several protected areas in Viet Nam (Gray et al. 2018). Taxonomic relationships between this species and R. nigrescens have been investigated resulting the separation of the two as distinct species with separate conservation requirements (Davison et al. 2020).Conservation Actions Proposed
Regularly monitor selected populations in Laos and Viet Nam by repeating the Bayesian occupancy model as published by Gray et al. (2014). Promote strict enforcement of hunting regulations in protected areas supporting populations, in combination with locally-targeted conservation awareness initiatives. Survey suitable habitat in Laos and Viet Nam to clarify its current distribution and assess its abundance.