Boophis brachychir

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	MANTELLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Boophis brachychir
Species Authority:	(Boettger, 1882)
Taxonomic Notes:	This species is sometimes confused with Boophis madagascariensis.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Franco Andreone, Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainties as to its taxonomic status, as well as absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is widely, but patchily, distributed in the northern half of Madagascar, from sea level up to 1,600m asl.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a locally abundant species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in a variety of habitats, including rainforest and dry forest, and also in savannah close to forest, and breeds in streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its forest habitat is receding due to subsistence agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, invasive spread of eucalyptus, livestock grazing, fire and expanding human settlements.

Major Threat(s):

Its forest habitat is receding due to subsistence agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, invasive spread of eucalyptus, livestock grazing, fire and expanding human settlements.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The taxonomy of this species requires revision, since it includes more than one species (Glaw pers. comm.). It occurs in many protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

The taxonomy of this species requires revision, since it includes more than one species (Glaw pers. comm.). It occurs in many protected areas.

Citation:	Franco Andreone, Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw 2004. Boophis brachychir. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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