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This species is patchily distributed in Bohol, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao in the Philippines. It probably occurs a little more widely than current records suggest.

It inhabits arboreal microhabitats in riverine areas in montane and lowland forests, and is able to survive in slightly disturbed habitats. It presumably breeds in water by larval development.

It is locally common.

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The major threats to this species include the loss of lowland rainforest (as a result of agriculture and logging), and the pollution of mountain streams and rivers due to agricultural effluents and mine tailings.

• 9.2.2 Seepage from mining
• 9.3.2 Soil erosion, sedimentation
• 5.3.5 Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded
• 2.1.3 Agro-industry farming
• 9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
• 2.1.1 Shifting agriculture

This species is present in several protected areas. Conservation measures must include the regulation and proper disposal of pesticides, herbicides, and mine tailings and the protection of the remaining rainforest, especially riverine habitats and gallery forests.

• 4.3 Awareness & communications
• 2.3 Habitat & natural process restoration
• 2.1 Site/area management
• 1.1 Site/area protection

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 habitat on Bohol, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao in the Philippines.

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