Hoplophryne uluguruensis

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	MICROHYLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

Barbour and Loveridge, 1928

Common Name/s:

English

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Uluguru Blue-bellied Frog

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Kim Howell, John Poynton, Simon Loader
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is probably less than 20,000 km2, it is known to exist at fewer than ten locations, and the quality and extent of its montane forest habitat in the Uluguru and Udzungwa Mountains is declining.

Range Description:	This species is known only from the Uluguru and Udzungwa Mountains in eastern Tanzania. It is a montane species, but its elevational range is not clear, although it ranges higher than Hoplophryne rogersi.
Countries:	Native: Tanzania, United Republic of
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Population:	It is an uncommon species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabits montane forest, and is often found inside fallen bamboo stems or on wild bananas. It is not found in disturbed forest. The eggs are laid on the inner surface of banana leaves or in stems, or in split bamboo; the tadpoles develop in water trapped in leaf axils or in bamboo.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	It is almost certainly adversely affected by ongoing forest loss, especially due to small-scale agriculture and logging.

Major Threat(s):

It is almost certainly adversely affected by ongoing forest loss, especially due to small-scale agriculture and logging.

Conservation Actions:	It might occur in the Udzungwa National Park, but there have not so far been any records.

Conservation Actions:

It might occur in the Udzungwa National Park, but there have not so far been any records.

Citation:	Kim Howell, John Poynton, Simon Loader 2004. Hoplophryne uluguruensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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