Mantella haraldmeieri

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:

Mantella haraldmeieri

Species Authority:

Busse, 1981

Common Name/s:

English

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Haraldmeier's Mantella

Taxonomic Notes:

This species might be a colour morph of Mantella baroni (F. Glaw pers. comm.).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Ronald Nussbaum, Christopher Raxworthy
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, all individuals are in fewer than ten locations, and there is likely to be continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat in southeastern Madagascar.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from at least ten localities in extreme south-eastern Madagascar, at 300-950m asl.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	It is locally common.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a terrestrial species in rainforest, including in slightly degraded forest. It lives along brooks and streams. The eggs are laid on land, and the larvae develop in streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its forest habitat is receding due to subsistence agriculture (including livestock grazing), timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, the spread of invasive eucalyptus, and expanding human settlements. It has appeared in very small numbers in the pet trade, but is not likely to be heavily collected.

Major Threat(s):

Its forest habitat is receding due to subsistence agriculture (including livestock grazing), timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, the spread of invasive eucalyptus, and expanding human settlements. It has appeared in very small numbers in the pet trade, but is not likely to be heavily collected.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Parc National d'Andohahela. It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Parc National d'Andohahela. It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Citation:	Ronald Nussbaum, Christopher Raxworthy 2004. Mantella haraldmeieri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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