Sclerophrys turkanae IUCN Red List
Authors/Creators
- 1. Division of Science, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES & Museum fUr Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstr. 43, 10115 Berlin, GERMANY 3 Herpetology Section, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 40658 - 00100, Nairobi, KENYA
Description
Sclerophrys turkanae (Tandy and Feener, 1985) IUCN Red List: Data Deficient
Vouchers: NMK-A1816 (field nos. SK16 1057, SK16 1059, SK16 1060–1064)
Localities: AB (R), KF (G)
Remarks: Endemic to Kenya. This toad (Fig. 3C) was very abundant in the grassland transects along the shores of Lake Turkana, and found in high numbers and different sizes at Alia Bay and Koobi Fora. During the day they were hiding in moist mud cracks, and at night they were on land in slightly flooded grassy plains right at the lake edge. Males were calling in November, and the calls affirmed their identification as S. turkanae. According to the latest published amphibian guide (Spawls et al. 2019), this species is only known from Lake Turkana. The IUCN assessment mentions records from two localities in north-central Kenya: Loyangalani [Loiengalani] (south-eastern shores of Lake Turkana), and Uaso Nyiro River in the Samburu Game Reserve (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group 2016).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- IUCN Red List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Genus
- Sclerophrys
- Species
- turkanae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Sclerophrys turkanae (and, 1985) sec. Kirchhof, Wasonga, Mazuch, Spawls & Malonza, 2023
References
- Spawls S, Wasonga V, Drewes RC. 2019. The Amphibians of Kenya. Stephen Spawls (privately published). 55 p.
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2016. Sclerophrys turkanae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e. T 54784 A 107351510.