Gephyromantis schilfi

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:	Gephyromantis schilfi
Species Authority:	(Glaw and Vences, 2000)
Synonym/s:	Mantidactylus schilfi Glaw and Vences, 2000

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because it is known from only a single location.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from Parc National de Marojejy, at 1,250m asl, in north-eastern Madagascar. It is unlikely to be very widespread.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	It appears to be a rare species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is known only from a single site where it has been found in bushes in an artificial clearing surrounded by montane forest. It calls during the day. Its breeding biology is unknown, but it lives far from water, so it presumably breeds by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats to the species at present. However, its forest habitat is at risk of receding due to subsistence agriculture (including livestock grazing), timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, the spread of invasive eucalyptus, and expanding human settlements.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats to the species at present. However, its forest habitat is at risk of receding due to subsistence agriculture (including livestock grazing), timber extraction, charcoal manufacture, the spread of invasive eucalyptus, and expanding human settlements.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs only in Parc National de Marojejy.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs only in Parc National de Marojejy.

Citation:	Frank Glaw, Miguel Vences 2004. Gephyromantis schilfi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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