Afrixalus fulvovittatus

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 fulvovittatus

Species Authority:

(Cope, 1860)

Common Name/s:

English

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Banded Banana Frog

Synonym/s:

Afrixalus vittiger Peters, 1876

Hyperolius brevipalmatus Ahl, 1931

Hyperolius leptosomus Peters, 1877

Taxonomic Notes:

We follow Perret (1976), Rödel (2000) and Pickersgill (in prep.) in separating Afrixalus fulvovittatus from the so-called Afrixalus vittatus complex of Schiøtz (1999), which includes Afrixalus quadrivittatus, A. upembae and A. vittiger.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2013

Date Assessed:

2013-07-11

Assessor/s:

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group

Reviewer/s:

Stuart, S.N.

Contributor/s:

Schiøtz, A., Rödel , M.-O. & Pickersgill, M.

Facilitator/s:

Morris, E.J.

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its relatively wide distribution, tolerance of habitat modification and its presumed large population.

History:

2004

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Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in the hilly areas of the West African forest zone in Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It has also recently been recorded from Ghana in the Ankasa Conservation Area (ACA) a twin wildlife protected area comprised of Nini-Suhien National Park to the north and the Ankasa Forest Reserve to the south. The distributional limits of this species, especially in relation to Afrixalus vittiger, remain largely unknown, and the map should be regarded as provisional.
Countries:	Native: Côte d'Ivoire; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Sierra Leone
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a common species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs widely in degraded former forest (farm bush) in the forest zone. It is not found in primary or even secondary forest. The eggs are deposited on folded leaves above water, and the tadpoles fall into ponds where they develop.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no obvious threats, though local populations might be impacted by very severe habitat clearance.

Major Threat(s):

There are no obvious threats, though local populations might be impacted by very severe habitat clearance.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It probably occurs in several protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It probably occurs in several protected areas.

Citation:	IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2013. Afrixalus fulvovittatus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 April 2014.
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