Scinax jolyi

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	HYLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Scinax jolyi

Species Authority:

Lescure and Marty, 2001

Common Name/s:

French

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Rainette De Joly

Taxonomic Notes:

The reference of Lescure (1976) refers to this species as S. rostratus.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Robert Reynolds, Marinus Hoogmoed, Ross MacCulloch, Philippe Gaucher
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been discovered, and there is still very little information on its Extent of Occurrence, population status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from Gabrielle and Kaw Creek in north-eastern French Guiana (Lescure and Marty 2001), and is likely to occur more widely. A dot-map of the distribution is presented in Lescure and Marty (2001). It occurs at very low altitudes, up to only about 10m asl.
Countries:	Native: French Guiana
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Population [top]

Population:	It is not thought to be a common species. It can be found relatively easily after heavy rains but otherwise it can be very difficult to locate.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits marshes in lowland rainforest and has not been found in disturbed areas. It presumably breeds in water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its major threats are unknown, but most of the known range is within a protected area, so there are not expected to be any major threats to this species' habitat at present.

Major Threat(s):

Its major threats are unknown, but most of the known range is within a protected area, so there are not expected to be any major threats to this species' habitat at present.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The protected area within which this species is found is Kaw Nature Reserve.

Conservation Actions:

The protected area within which this species is found is Kaw Nature Reserve.

Citation:	Robert Reynolds, Marinus Hoogmoed, Ross MacCulloch, Philippe Gaucher 2004. Scinax jolyi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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