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Boophis mandraka

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA MANTELLIDAE

Scientific Name: Boophis mandraka
Species Authority: Blommers-Schlösser, 1979
Taxonomic Notes: This is a complex of at least three species (Vallan et al. in press). This account covers only the animals confirmed to be true Boophis mandraka.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Denis Vallan, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences
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 doubts as to its taxonomic status, extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known with certainty only from Mandraka in central eastern Madagascar, at 1,200m asl. Records from Andohahela, Ranomafana, Ambatovaky and Anjanharibe-Sud might refer to this species, or to undescribed species, or to Boophis liami or B. solomaso. A possible record from Mantadia requires further investigation.
Countries:
Native:
Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population: This species is rare in its only proven locality.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It lives in secondary vegetation at the edge of streams in which it breeds, near degraded rainforest. It is likely to be a forest species persisting in secondary habitat, and it is not found in areas without trees.
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 and expanding human settlements.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is not known from any protected areas.
Citation: Denis Vallan, Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences 2004. Boophis mandraka. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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