Sclerophrys turkanae (Tandy and Feener, 1985) IUCN Red List

Kirchhof, Sebastian, Wasonga, Victor, Mazuch, Tomáš, Spawls, Stephen & Malonza, Patrick Kinyatta, 2023, An annotated checklist of the herpetofauna of the Sibiloi National Park in northern Kenya based on field surveys, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 324) 17 (1 / 2), pp. 1-18 : 4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12761910

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12761887

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scientific name

Sclerophrys turkanae (Tandy and Feener, 1985) IUCN Red List
status

 

Sclerophrys turkanae (Tandy and Feener, 1985) IUCN Red List View in CoL : 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 View Fig ) 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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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Amphibia

Order

Anura

Family

Bufonidae

Genus

Sclerophrys

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