Mertensophryne micranotis
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
BUFONIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Mertensophryne micranotis |
| Species Authority: |
(Loveridge, 1925) |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2004 |
| Assessor/s: |
John Poynton, Kim Howell |
| 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 relatively wide distribution, its 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 occurs in coastal Kenya and eastern Tanzania, including Zanzibar and Songo Songo Islands, ranging from Gede in the north, south to the Rondo Plateau. In Kenya, this species occurs only close to the coast, but in Tanzania it ranges inland as far as Kilosa and the Kihanis Gorge in the Udzungwa Mountains. It is generally a low-altitude species occurring up to 800m asl. |
| Countries: |
Native: Kenya; Tanzania, United Republic of |
| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
It is regularly encountered, but it is a difficult species to detect, and so it might be more common than is generally supposed.
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It is a species of lowland forest, dense woodland, thicket, and the forest-miombo woodland boundary. It survives in modified secondary habitats with good cover. It breeds by internal fertilization, laying eggs in small water-filled holes and crevices (including snail-shells), where the larvae develop.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
It is probably affected by the loss of its habitat for agriculture, wood extraction and human settlement.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It occurs in the Arabuko-Sokoke Nature Reserve (Kenya), the Shimba Hills National Park (Kenya), and potentially occurs in the Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park (both in Tanzania) but it is not yet recorded from these places.
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