Mantidactylus grandidieri
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
MANTELLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Mantidactylus grandidieri |
| Species Authority: |
Mocquard, 1895 |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
This species is closely related to, and has been confused with, Mantidactylus guttulatus and an undescribed species from the northeast of Madagascar (F. Andreone pers. comm.). Revision of this complex is urgently needed. |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
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| Year Published: |
2004 |
| Assessor/s: |
Franco Andreone, Christopher Raxworthy |
| 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, 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 known from many localities in eastern and northeastern Madagascar. However, the map is misleading due to taxonomic and nomenclature problems. It has been recorded 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 rare in places where it has been heavily harvested, but can be locally abundant elsewhere along forest streams.
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It is found in or near streams in forest in more or less pristine rainforest. It has been found in open areas near forest, but it is thought that these are surviving individuals from recent forest clearance, and that the species cannot maintain long-term populations outside forest. Its breeding is unknown, but it is probably by larval development in streams.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
Its forest habitat is receding due to subsistence agriculture, timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, and invasive spread of eucalyptus, livestock grazing and expanding human settlements. It is collected for human consumption, and this can have a local impact on populations.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It occurs in many protected areas.
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