World Species : Schismaderma carens (Red toad)

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Schismaderma carens (Red toad)

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Synonyms: Bufo carens; Schismaderma lateralis

Wikipedia Abstract

The African red toad or African split-skin toad (Schismaderma carens) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is monotypic within the genus Schismaderma.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Lesotho.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, canals and ditches, and man-made karsts.

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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0)

Unique (100)

Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0)

Unique & Vulnerable (100)

ED Score: 9.42

EDGE Score: 2.34

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Attributes

Litter Size ^[1]	3,232
Litters / Year ^[1]	1
Snout to Vent Length ^[1]	3.622 inches (9.2 cm)

Ecoregions

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Name	Countries	Ecozone	Biome
Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands	Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests	South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho	Afrotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Eastern Miombo woodlands	Tanzania, Mozambique	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Highveld grasslands	South Africa	Afrotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Itigi-Sumbu thicket	Tanzania, Zambia	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets	South Africa	Afrotropic	Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic	Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets	Tanzania, Kenya	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Southern Africa bushveld	Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Southern Miombo woodlands	Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands	South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi	Afrotropic	Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name	IUCN Category	Area acres	Location	Species	Website	Climate	Land Use
Mlawula Nature Reserve	IV	46444	Swaziland

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name	Location	Endemic
Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa	Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania	No
Eastern Afromontane	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe	No
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany	Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland	No

Predators

Bdeogale crassicauda (Bushy-tailed Mongoose)	^[2]
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Herald Snake, Red-lipped Snake)	^[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by
Eupolystoma vanasi	^[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ ¹Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ ²Bdeogale crassicauda, Mark E. Taylor, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 294, pp. 1-4 (1987)
♦ ³Feeding ecology, reproduction and sexual dimorphism in the colubrid snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia in southern Africa, J. SCOTT KEOGH, WILLIAM R. BRANCH, RICHARD SHINE, African Journal of Herpetology, 2000 49(2): 129-137
♦ ⁴Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London

Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database

Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0