Amietophrynus steindachneri
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
BUFONIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Amietophrynus steindachneri |
| Species Authority: |
(Pfeffer, 1893) |
| Synonym/s: |
Bufo steindachneri Pfeffer, 1893
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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: |
Mills Tandy, Malcolm Largen, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Kim Howell, Emilio Balletto |
| Reviewer/s: |
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox) |
| Contributor/s: |
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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.
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
This species ranges from northeastern Nigeria eastward to northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, southwestern Ethiopia, and northwestern and central Uganda. There is a separate population in southern coastal Somalia, coastal Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania (the species is absent from northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia). The type locality at Kihengo in east-central Tanzania (mapped as an isolated locality) is far from all other records of the species (and in view of the lack of any other records of the species in this area, more investigation of this record is required). Isolated inland records from Kenya (Ngatana and Lakes Baringo, Kenyatta and Mbaratumu) require confirmation. |
| Countries: |
Native: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Ethiopia; Kenya; Nigeria; Somalia; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda |
| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
It is generally common in suitable localities within its range.
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It seems to be particularly associated with marshy areas in humid grassland or wooded savannah habitats, and has been found around human settlements. It breeds in temporary and permanent ponds.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
It is probably adversely affected by environmental degradation resulting from expansion of human settlement.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It occurs in several protected areas.
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