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Laliostoma labrosum

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA MANTELLIDAE

Scientific Name: Laliostoma labrosum
Species Authority: (Cope, 1868)
Taxonomic Notes: We follow Vences et al. (2000) in considering this species to belong to the genus Laliostoma in the family Mantellidae, rather than to the genus Tomopterna in the family Pyxicephalidae.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Ronald Nussbaum, Miguel Vences, Franco Andreone
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a broad range of habitats, 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 widely distributed in northern, west central, and southwestern Madagascar below 800m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population: It is a very abundant species.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It is a species of the drier parts of Madagascar, occurring in open areas, including rice fields and other agricultural sites, savannahs, semi-desert scrub, dry deciduous forest, littoral forest, also locally outside forest in some more humid areas. It is often associated with sandy soils, and is fossorial outside the breeding season. It breeds explosively in temporary ponds.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): It is probably not affected by deforestation, and is adaptable and is unlikely to be threatened.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in several protected areas.
Citation: Ronald Nussbaum, Miguel Vences, Franco Andreone 2004. Laliostoma labrosum. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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