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Phrynobatrachus parkeri

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA PHRYNOBATRACHIDAE

Scientific Name: Phrynobatrachus parkeri
Species Authority: Witte, 1933
Taxonomic Notes: This species might be a synonym of Phrynobatrachus acridoides (see Inger (1968)).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Martin Pickersgill
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
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Justification:
Although this species is known mainly from isolated records from a large area, it is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a broad range of habitats, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This very poorly known species is known only from west-central and northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The map is provisional, connecting the three localities from which this species is known: Kunungu, Mauda and Garamba National Park. There have been no recent records, presumably due to the lack of herpetological work within its range.
Countries:
Native:
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
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Population [top]

Population: It is apparently fairly abundant in Garamba National Park.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It is known from grassy and shrubby savannah, and from gallery forests in Garamba National Park. Its habitat preferences in the forest zone (e.g., at Kunungu and Mauda) are not clear, though it is suspected to survive well in heavily degraded former forest (farm bush). There is no information on its breeding, though it is presumably similar to most other members of the genus, and breeds in water.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There is no direct information, but this species is beloved to be adaptable, and not facing any significant threats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in Garamba National Park.
Citation: Martin Pickersgill 2004. Phrynobatrachus parkeri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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