Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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Animalia | Chordata | Amphibia | Gymnophiona | Siphonopidae |
Scientific Name: | Siphonops insulanus Ihering, 1911 | |||
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Taxonomic Source(s): | Frost, D.R. 2013. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.6 (9 January 2013). Electronic Database. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Available at: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. | |||
Taxonomic Notes: | The taxonomic status of this species is unclear. |
Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2004 |
Date Assessed: | 2004-04-30 |
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Assessor(s): | Ulisses Caramaschi, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Mark Wilkinson |
Reviewer(s): | Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainties as to its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements. |
Range Description: | This species is known from three localities in São Paulo State, Brazil: Victoria, São Sebastião Island, and Ubatuba Municipality. The extent of its occurrence on the mainland is not clear. |
Countries occurrence: | Native: Brazil |
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Population: | The population status of this species is unknown. | ||
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Habitat and Ecology: | It is presumably a subterranean species, living in soil in forest. It is also assumed to be oviparous with terrestrial eggs that develop directly, and to not be dependent on water for breeding. |
Systems: | Terrestrial |
Major Threat(s): | There is no information on threats to this species. |
Conservation Actions: | This species' range includes a few protected areas. It is in need of taxonomic review (Wilkinson pers. comm.). |
Citation: | Ulisses Caramaschi, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Mark Wilkinson. 2004. Siphonops insulanus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T59595A11957925. . Downloaded on 26 April 2018. |
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