Boophis sambirano

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	MANTELLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Boophis sambirano
Species Authority:	Vences and Glaw, 2005

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2006
Assessor/s:	Miguel Vences, Franco Andreone, Nirhy H.C. Rabibisoa
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson and Neil Cox)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, it is known from fewer than ten locations, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat in northern Madagascar.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is currently known only from the Réserve Spéciale de Manongarivo in north-western Madagascar at 280m asl, and from forests further east in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale du Tsaratanana at 1,300m asl (at the Antsahamanara campsite - M. Vences pers. comm.). It might occur more widely in northern Madagascar, but other records of frogs from the Boophis mandraka group within its general range refer to other, undescribed species (M. Vences pers. comm.). It apparently does not occur further east than Tsaratanana, and so its range is genuinely restricted.
Countries:	Native: Madagascar
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Population [top]

Population:	It appears to be locally common at its type locality.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It has been found in a degraded area near a small human settlement not far from areas of relatively undisturbed rainforest. Animals were calling 5-20m from water, along a fast-flowing stream, sitting 2-4m above the ground on shrubs and trees. This species presumably breeds by larval development in streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is very little information. Animals have been found at forest edges, but probably depend on nearby unaltered rainforest. Although all records are currently from protected areas, any unprotected populations, which probably exist between the known loactions, could be at risk from forest loss.

Major Threat(s):

There is very little information. Animals have been found at forest edges, but probably depend on nearby unaltered rainforest. Although all records are currently from protected areas, any unprotected populations, which probably exist between the known loactions, could be at risk from forest loss.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in the Réserve Spéciale de Manongarivo and the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale du Tsaratanana.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in the Réserve Spéciale de Manongarivo and the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale du Tsaratanana.

Citation:	Miguel Vences, Franco Andreone, Nirhy H.C. Rabibisoa 2006. Boophis sambirano. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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