Duttaphrynus arabicus

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	BUFONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Duttaphrynus arabicus

Species Authority:

(Heyden, 1827)

Common Name/s:

English

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Arabian Toad

Synonym/s:

(Heyden, 1827)

(Heyden, 1827) subspecies

Bufo arabicus Heyden, 1827

Taxonomic Notes:

According to Stöck et al. (2001), the taxonomy and nomenclature of this species requires additional research, since the specimen considered the “holotype” by Balletto et al. (1985) is not that one described by Heyden (1827). Bufo hadramautinus Cherchi 1963 was synonymized with Bufo arabicus by Schätti and Desvoignes (1999).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Theodore Papenfuss, Andrew Gardner, Matthias Stöck, Steven Anderson, Sergius Kuzmin
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a broad range of habitats, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is generally restricted to sites of surface water in widely separated areas of the southern Arabian Peninsula. It is absent from eastern Yemen and southern and central Oman. It is present on the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia. It has been recorded from sea level to 2,300m asl.
Countries:	Native: Oman; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Yemen
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is common at water sources.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is an opportunistic species that is present wherever there are water sources available; this includes garden courtyards, oasis, permanent springs, irrigation canals and permanent small rivers. Breeding takes place in stagnant and slow-moving water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known threats to this species; much of its range is undeveloped.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known threats to this species; much of its range is undeveloped.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is present in the Farasan Islands Protected Area, Saudi Arabia.

Conservation Actions:

It is present in the Farasan Islands Protected Area, Saudi Arabia.

Citation:	Theodore Papenfuss, Andrew Gardner, Matthias Stöck, Steven Anderson, Sergius Kuzmin 2004. Duttaphrynus arabicus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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