Amietophrynus kassasii

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	BUFONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Baha el Din, 1993)

Common Name/s:

English

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Nile Delta Toad

Synonym/s:

Bufo kassasii Baha el Din, 1993

Taxonomic Notes:

This species was formerly confused with Amietophrynus vittatus.

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Mills Tandy, Sherif Baha El Din
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern, because although its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, the species is adapted to cropland and does not appear to be facing any serious risk.

Range Description:	This species is known only from the Nile Delta in Egypt, extending as far south as Luxor. It is found between sea level and 150m asl.
Countries:	Native: Egypt
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Population:	It is apparently an abundant species.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology:	It is an adaptable species, living in cropland, including rice fields, swampy areas, floating vegetation and presumably breeding by larval development in waterbodies. It has been recorded in the middle of Cairo (S. Baha El Din pers. comm.).
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	It is an adaptable species that is unlikely to be facing any significant threats. There is some habitat loss and pollution within its range.

Major Threat(s):

It is an adaptable species that is unlikely to be facing any significant threats. There is some habitat loss and pollution within its range.

Conservation Actions:	It is found in three protected areas in Egypt (Qarum, Lake Burullus and Nile Islands).

Conservation Actions:

It is found in three protected areas in Egypt (Qarum, Lake Burullus and Nile Islands).

Citation:	Mills Tandy, Sherif Baha El Din 2004. Amietophrynus kassasii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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