Hypogeophis rostratus

Threats

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	GYMNOPHIONA	CAECILIIDAE

Scientific Name:	Hypogeophis rostratus
Species Authority:	(Cuvier, 1829)

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)
Contributor/s:
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.

Range Description:	This species occurs on ten islands in the Seychelles: Mahé, Silhouette, Praslin, La Digue, Félicité, Frégate, Sainte Anne, Cerf, Curieuse, and Grand Soeur islands. It ranges from sea level to the highest mountains.
Countries:	Native: Seychelles
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Population:	It is very common at many localities.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in all habitats, including disturbed coastal plateaux (anthropogenic sites), disturbed rainforest, and relatively undisturbed forest. It burrows in soil, leaf-litter, and trash piles. It breeds by larval development in streams and pools.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

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

Major Threat(s):

It is probably not affected by deforestation, and is adaptable and is unlikely to be threatened.

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Morne Seychellois National Park, Praslin National Park, Curieuse National Park, and in the site of a conservation project on Silhouette.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Morne Seychellois National Park, Praslin National Park, Curieuse National Park, and in the site of a conservation project on Silhouette.

Citation:	Ronald Nussbaum, Justin Gerlach 2004. Hypogeophis rostratus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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