Boophis feonnyala

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 feonnyala
Species Authority:	Glaw, Vences, Andreone and Vallan, 2001

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Franco Andreone, Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw, Denis Vallan
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been described, and there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from Andasibe at about 900m asl, in central eastern Madagascar. It is likely to be found elsewhere.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	It is not a common species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is known from secondary growth around an artificial dam, close to rainforest, and has also been found in open grass near the lake created by the dam, and in nearby forest. It has not been found in very open areas away from forest. It presumably breeds in the dam's lake, where the water is slow-flowing.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The only known site for this species is reasonably well protected. If it occurs elsewhere, it is likely to be experiencing habitat loss due to subsistence agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, invasive spread of eucalyptus, livestock grazing and expanding human settlements.

Major Threat(s):

The only known site for this species is reasonably well protected. If it occurs elsewhere, it is likely to be experiencing habitat loss due to subsistence agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, invasive spread of eucalyptus, livestock grazing and expanding human settlements.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Its only known site is on the border of the Réserve Spéciale d’Analamazaotra.

Conservation Actions:

Its only known site is on the border of the Réserve Spéciale d’Analamazaotra.

Citation:	Franco Andreone, Miguel Vences, Frank Glaw, Denis Vallan 2004. Boophis feonnyala. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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