Boophis sibilans

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 sibilans
Species Authority:	Glaw and Thiesmeier, 1993

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Frank Glaw, Franco Andreone
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 extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known with certainty only from the type locality near Andasibe in east-central Madagascar. Records from Ranomafana, Zahamena and Masoala in northern and north-eastern Madagascar could belong to this species or to Boophis albipunctatus. It has been recorded at 900m asl.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is moderately common where it has been found.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is restricted to pristine rainforest, where it is presumed to breed 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, and expanding human settlements. It might also be impacted by pollution of streams.

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. It might also be impacted by pollution of streams.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species occurs in the Réserve Spéciale d’Analamazaotra.

Conservation Actions:

This species occurs in the Réserve Spéciale d’Analamazaotra.

Citation:	Frank Glaw, Franco Andreone 2004. Boophis sibilans. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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