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Hyperolius balfouri

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA HYPEROLIIDAE

Scientific Name: Hyperolius balfouri
Species Authority: (Werner, 1908)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Arne Schiøtz, Jean-Louis Amiet, Malcolm Largen, Kim Howell
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a wide variety of habitats, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species ranges from western and central Cameroon east through Central African Republic, southern Sudan and northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda, southwestern Ethiopia, and western Kenya. It is presumed to occur in southern Chad. There are few records from the poorly explored regions of the Central African Republic and southern Sudan. It occurs at least up to 820m asl, probably higher.
Countries:
Native:
Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Ethiopia; Kenya; Sudan; Uganda
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Population [top]

Population: It is an abundant species.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It is a savannah species; breeding in small pools, penetrating forest in heavily deforested areas around Nkongsamba and Yaounde in Cameroon. In southwestern Ethiopia it has been found in tropical deciduous forest.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are unlikely to be significant threats within its wide range, though Ethiopian populations are possibly at risk from forest loss.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in a number of protected areas.
Citation: Arne Schiøtz, Jean-Louis Amiet, Malcolm Largen, Kim Howell 2004. Hyperolius balfouri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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