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Bufo arabicus
| family: Bufonidae |
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Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
IUCN (Red List) status: Least Concern (LC). |
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Range Description This species is generally restricted to sites of surface water in widely separated areas of the southern Arabian Peninsula. It is absent from eastern Yemen and southern and central Oman. It is present on the Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia. It has been recorded from sea level to 2,300m asl. Habitat and Ecology It is an opportunistic species that is present wherever there are water sources available; this includes garden courtyards, oasis, permanent springs, irrigation canals and permanent small rivers. Breeding takes place in stagnant and slow-moving water. Population This species is common at water sources. Population Trend Stable Major Threats There are no known threats to this species; much of its range is undeveloped. Conservation Actions It is present in the Farasan Islands Protected Area, Saudi Arabia. Taxonomic Notes According to Stöck et al. (2001), the taxonomy and nomenclature of this species requires additional research, since the specimen considered the “holotype” by Balletto et al. (1985) is not that one described by Heyden (1827). Bufo hadramautinus Cherchi 1963 was synonymized with Bufo arabicus by Schätti and Desvoignes (1999). Citation Theodore Papenfuss, Andrew Gardner, Matthias Stck, Steven Anderson, Sergius Kuzmin 2004. Duttaphrynus arabicus. In: IUCN 2012
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