Sechellophryne gardineri

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	SOOGLOSSIDAE

Scientific Name:	Sechellophryne gardineri
Species Authority:	(Boulenger, 1911)
Synonym/s:	Leptosooglossus gardineri (Boulenger, 1911) Sooglossus gardineri (Boulenger, 1911)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1

Year Published:

2004

Assessor/s:

Ronald Nussbaum, Justin Gerlach

Reviewer/s:

Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)

Justification:
Listed as Vulnerable because it is known from fewer than five locations.

History:

1996	–	Vulnerable
1994	–	Rare (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Rare (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Rare (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs on Mahé and Silhouette islands in the Seychelles.
Countries:	Native: Seychelles
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Population [top]

Population:	It is common at many sites in both disturbed and relatively undisturbed rainforest, occurring at densities of up to 2,000 animals per hectare in the best habitat.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives both on the ground in forest litter and on low vegetation in leaf axils, in disturbed and undisturbed rainforest. It also occurs in areas dominated by introduced trees such as cinnamon. It breeds by direct development, the eggs being laid on the ground.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The main threat is habitat degradation, mainly due to fire and invasive species, but it is not thought to be seriously threatened since it is somewhat adaptable to secondary habitats. It might be inherently at risk because of its small range.

Major Threat(s):

The main threat is habitat degradation, mainly due to fire and invasive species, but it is not thought to be seriously threatened since it is somewhat adaptable to secondary habitats. It might be inherently at risk because of its small range.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in the Morne Seychellois National Park, and in the site of a conservation project on Silhouette. There is a need for close monitoring of the population status of this species.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in the Morne Seychellois National Park, and in the site of a conservation project on Silhouette. There is a need for close monitoring of the population status of this species.

Citation:	Ronald Nussbaum, Justin Gerlach 2004. Sechellophryne gardineri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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