Boophis madagascariensis

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 madagascariensis
Species Authority:	(Peters, 1874)
Taxonomic Notes:	This species might consist of two or more cryptic species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Ronald Nussbaum, Denis Vallan
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, 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 is widespread, occurring in numerous localities in eastern Madagascar, and also at Montagne d'Ambre in northern Madagascar and Ambohitantely in central Madagascar. It occurs from sea level up to about 1,700m asl.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a common species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in pristine and disturbed rainforest, but not outside forest. It breeds in still or slow-flowing water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its forest habitat is receding due to subsistence agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, and invasive spread of eucalyptus, livestock grazing, fires and expanding human settlements. It occasionally appears in the international pet trade, but not a level to constitute a threat to the species.

Major Threat(s):

Its forest habitat is receding due to subsistence agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, and invasive spread of eucalyptus, livestock grazing, fires and expanding human settlements. It occasionally appears in the international pet trade, but not a level to constitute a threat to the species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in many protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in many protected areas.

Citation:	Ronald Nussbaum, Denis Vallan 2004. Boophis madagascariensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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