Afrixalus enseticola

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	HYPEROLIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Afrixalus enseticola

Species Authority:

Largen, 1974

Common Name/s:

English

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Ethiopian Banana Frog

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Malcolm Largen, Arne Schiøtz
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because its Area of Occupancy is less than 2,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat in the Ethiopian Highlands

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to high-altitude areas of southern Ethiopia on both sides of the Rift Valley at altitudes of 1,700-2,750m asl.
Countries:	Native: Ethiopia
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Population [top]

Population:	It is locally common within its relatively restricted range.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is found in montane forest at altitudes, and rarely in montane grassland after forest clearance, typically breeding amongst herbaceous vegetation surrounding pools in forest clearings. It can survive in suitable situations in plantations, rural gardens, and even urban areas. For breeding it requires emergent vegetation in marshy pools, at least some of which are likely to become dry for part of the year.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Habitat and Ecology:

It is found in montane forest at altitudes, and rarely in montane grassland after forest clearance, typically breeding amongst herbaceous vegetation surrounding pools in forest clearings. It can survive in suitable situations in plantations, rural gardens, and even urban areas. For breeding it requires emergent vegetation in marshy pools, at least some of which are likely to become dry for part of the year.

Systems:

Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Threats include forest clearance, human settlement, and agricultural encroachment.

Major Threat(s):

Threats include forest clearance, human settlement, and agricultural encroachment.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is known to occur in the Bale Mountains National Park.

Conservation Actions:

It is known to occur in the Bale Mountains National Park.

Citation:	Malcolm Largen, Arne Schiøtz 2004. Afrixalus enseticola. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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