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Hyperolius kivuensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA HYPEROLIIDAE

Scientific Name: Hyperolius kivuensis
Species Authority: Ahl, 1931

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Arne Schiøtz, John Poynton, Malcolm Largen, Stefan Lötters
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 broad range 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 southwestern Ethiopia, western Kenya, Uganda, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, through western, central and southern Tanzania to Malawi, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Angola. There appear to be no records from Mozambique and Sudan, though it presumably occurs in these countries. It occurs up to at least 2,300m, asl perhaps higher.
Countries:
Native:
Angola (Angola); Burundi; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Rwanda; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia
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Population [top]

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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It lives in moist savannah, tropical deciduous forest, and heavily degraded former forest (farm bush), and it also survives in banana plantations (living in the leaf exils). The species has been found breeding in large ponds and swamps.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The Ethiopian populations might be affected by forest clearance, human settlement and agricultural encroachment, but overall, this species is not facing any significant threats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in many protected areas.
Citation: Arne Schiøtz, John Poynton, Malcolm Largen, Stefan Lötters 2004. Hyperolius kivuensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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