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Hemisus barotseensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA HEMISOTIDAE

Scientific Name: Hemisus barotseensis
Species Authority: Channing and Broadley, 2002

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Alan Channing
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
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Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been described, and there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This newly described species is known only from western Zambia, from the Barotse floodplain along the Zambezi River, and from the Kafue Flats. Its geographic range remains largely unknown.
Countries:
Native:
Zambia
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Population [top]

Population: It has only recently been discovered, and only a few specimens have so far been found, so its population status is not clear.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This is believed to be a fossorial species of floodplains in savannah country. If it is like other members of the genus, it nests in a burrow in wet soil adjacent to temporary water, into which the larvae move when hatched.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There is no direct information on threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It presumably occurs in Liuwa Plain and Lochinvar National Parks.
Citation: Alan Channing 2004. Hemisus barotseensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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