Gastrophryne carolinensis
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
MICROHYLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Gastrophryne carolinensis |
| Species Authority: |
(Holbrook, 1836) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Eastern Narrowmouth Toad |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2004 |
| Assessor/s: |
Geoffrey Hammerson, Blair Hedges |
| Reviewer/s: |
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
This species is native to the USA from southern Maryland to southeastern Kansas, south to Florida Keys and eastern Texas. It has scattered disjunctive populations along the northern and western margins of its range (Conant and Collins 1991). It is introduced on the Little and Great Bahama banks, and on Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, where it is very abundant (Schwartz and Henderson 1988, Schwartz and Henderson 1991).
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| Countries: |
Introduced:
Bahamas; Cayman Islands
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| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
It is represented by many and/or large populations throughout most of the range (Nelson 1972). In Florida and eastern Texas, common to abundant even in many suburban situations (Bartlett and Bartlett 1999). The introduced population on Grand Cayman is very abundant.
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| Population Trend: |
Stable
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It occupies a wide variety of shaded moist habitats. It burrows into soil or hides in or under surface cover or debris when inactive. Males call from sheltered locations, often from beneath objects at water's edge or partially buried in grass (Schwartz and Henderson 1991). Eggs and larvae develop in lakes, ponds, sloughs, flooded roadside ditches, swamps, stream margins, rain puddles, etc. Uses both temporary and permanent waters. Can persist in human modified habitats such as residential areas.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
It is not threatened.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
No conservation methods are needed.
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