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Phlyctimantis boulengeri

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA HYPEROLIIDAE

Scientific Name: Phlyctimantis boulengeri
Species Authority: Perret, 1986
Taxonomic Notes: The western populations probably belong to an undescribed species (M.-O. Rödel pers. comm.). The distinction between this species and Phlyctimantis leonardi is in question (Largen and Dowsett-Lemaire 1991, Schiøtz 1999).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Mark-Oliver Rödel, Arne Schiøtz, Jean-Louis Amiet, Robert Drewes
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, its tolerance of a broad range of habitats, its 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 has an apparently disjunctive distribution in three main areas: south-western Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, southeastern Guinea, and Liberia; southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon; and Bioko island (Equatorial Guinea) although there are no recent records from here. The western populations probably belong to an undescribed species.
Countries:
Native:
Cameroon; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Nigeria
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Population [top]

Population: It is patchily distributed, but it can be extremely abundant locally.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It is a species of secondary forest, forest clearings and farm bush (heavily degraded former forest). It lays eggs in larger temporary ponds in forest, where the larvae develop.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): It cannot withstand complete opening up of its habitat, but it is generally not very threatened.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in many protected areas.
Citation: Mark-Oliver Rödel, Arne Schiøtz, Jean-Louis Amiet, Robert Drewes 2004. Phlyctimantis boulengeri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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