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Pyxicephalus cordofanus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA PYXICEPHALIDAE

Scientific Name: Pyxicephalus cordofanus
Species Authority: Steindachner, 1867
Synonym/s:
Pyxicephalus cordofana (Steindachner, 1867).
Rana cordofana (Steindachner, 1867)
Taxonomic Notes: This is a nomen dubium, and this taxon cannot be related to any known species in the wild.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Sherif Baha El Din
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing doubts as to its taxonomic validity, extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This taxon is known only from the non-specific type locality of "Cordofan", which is in modern-day Sudan, and not in Egypt (Baha El Din pers. comm.).
Countries:
Native:
Sudan
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Population [top]

Population: Its population is not known.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This is presumably an aquatic species that breeds by larval development.
Systems: Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The threats to this species are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is not known if the species occurs in protected areas.
Citation: Sherif Baha El Din 2004. Pyxicephalus cordofanus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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