Poyntonophrynus beiranus

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	BUFONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Loveridge, 1932)

Common Name/s:

English

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Beira Toad

Synonym/s:

Bufo beiranus Loveridge, 1932

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Mills Tandy, Alan Channing, John Poynton
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern because, although it is seldom recorded, it has a relatively wide distribution, occurs in an area with extensive available habitats, has a presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Range Description:	This species is so far known from two apparently isolated areas: the coastal plain of central Mozambique in the flood plain of the Pungwe River, north to Thuchila in southern Malawi; and floodplains in the Zambezi catchment area in central and southwestern Zambia. Because its call is not known, it is under-recorded, and probably occurs more widely, in particular between these two areas. It occurs from sea level up to at least 1,000m asl.
Countries:	Native: Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia
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Population:	The population status of this species is unknown.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology:	More fieldwork is required to identify its preferred habitat, but it has been found in grassy areas that flood during the rains. Its breeding is unknown, though it is likely to take place in temporary pools. Its adaptability to altered habitats in unknown.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	No information is available.

Major Threat(s):

No information is available.

Conservation Actions:	It probably occurs in several protected area, and is presumably present in the Kafue National Park in Zambia.

Conservation Actions:

It probably occurs in several protected area, and is presumably present in the Kafue National Park in Zambia.

Citation:	Mills Tandy, Alan Channing, John Poynton 2004. Poyntonophrynus beiranus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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