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Grandisonia alternans

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA GYMNOPHIONA CAECILIIDAE

Scientific Name: Grandisonia alternans
Species Authority: (Stejneger, 1893)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Ronald Nussbaum, Justin Gerlach
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern because, although its Extent of Occurrence is much less than 5,000 km2, it is common, adaptable, and does not appear to be in decline.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is broadly distributed in seven granitic islands in the Seychelles: Mahé, Silhouette, Praslin, La Digue, Frégate, Félicité, and Ste. Anne. It occurs from sea level up to at least 400m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Seychelles
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Population [top]

Population: It is locally common, even in anthropogenically disturbed sites.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It lives in rainforest, coconut plantations, and other anthropogenically disturbed sites. It burrows in wet soil, litter, and trash heaps. It breeds by larval development in streams and pools.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): It is probably not affected by deforestation, and is adaptable and is unlikely to be threatened.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in Morne Seychellois National Park and the Praslin National Park.
Citation: Ronald Nussbaum, Justin Gerlach 2004. Grandisonia alternans. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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