Conservation
A tropical rainforest in Papua New Guinea.
O. alexandrae is considered endangered by the IUCN. Despite being locally abundant, it is under threat from habitat destruction for palm oil plantations.
It’s habitat is now restricted to a small stretch of coastal rainforest in southeastern Papua New Guinea with an area of about 100 square kilometres. Interestingly, a volcanic eruption in the 1950s destroyed a lot of the old growth rainforest necessary for the species to survive, contributing to its endangered status.
Trade in this species is forbidden under Appendix I of CITES, yet a black market trade exists with specimens fetching very high prices, often thousands of US dollars.