Stumpffia pygmaea

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	MICROHYLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Stumpffia pygmaea
Species Authority:	Vences and Glaw, 1991

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Miguel Vences, Franco Andreone
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 two locations.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is apparently restricted to two small islands: Nosy Be and Nosy Komba off the north-west coast of Madagascar. It might occur on the adjacent mainland, but it has not been found there during recent surveys. It has been recorded from sea level up to 300m asl.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	It is an extremely abundant species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in pristine and secondary rainforest, coffee plantations, and dense vegetation along roads. Although it is somewhat adaptable, it needs some shade and leaf-litter. It breeds in a foam nest in leaves on the ground, with non-feeding tadpoles in the nest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	High human population density and urbanization on the islands of Nosy Be and Nosy Komba are undoubtedly contributing to a reduction in the availability of suitable habitat. Any factors resulting in the loss of humid leaf-litter, such as expanding sugarcane cultivation, will be very detrimental for this species. Other possible threats include fires and pollution from agricultural pesticides.

Major Threat(s):

High human population density and urbanization on the islands of Nosy Be and Nosy Komba are undoubtedly contributing to a reduction in the availability of suitable habitat. Any factors resulting in the loss of humid leaf-litter, such as expanding sugarcane cultivation, will be very detrimental for this species. Other possible threats include fires and pollution from agricultural pesticides.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Réserve Naturelle Intégrale de Lokobe on Nosy Be. There is a need for close population monitoring of this species given its very limited range.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Réserve Naturelle Intégrale de Lokobe on Nosy Be. There is a need for close population monitoring of this species given its very limited range.

Citation:	Miguel Vences, Franco Andreone 2004. Stumpffia pygmaea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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