Mantidactylus betsileanus
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
MANTELLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Mantidactylus betsileanus |
| Species Authority: |
(Boulenger, 1882) |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
This species is a complex of at least five species (M. Vences pers. comm.). |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
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| Year Published: |
2004 |
| Assessor/s: |
Miguel Vences, Ronald Nussbaum |
| Reviewer/s: |
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox) |
| Contributor/s: |
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a wide variety of habitats, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
This species is broadly distributed in northern, eastern and western Madagascar. The map is very provisional since this is an unresolved species complex. It occurs from sea level up to 1,500m asl. |
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| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
It is very common at many sites.
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| Population Trend: |
Stable
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It lives in both intact and degraded rainforest, and is occasionally observed in deforested agricultural areas, where some shade and cover remain. It breeds in streams, pools, puddles and rice fields. Knoll et al. (2007) collected larvae from "small and very shallow, slow-flowing streams".
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
Deforestation appears to be affecting some populations, but not others, presumably reflecting the fact that this is a complex of several species. However, as currently understood, this species is, in general, not significantly threatened.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It occurs in many protected areas.
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