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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Near Threatened |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
It inhabits grassland and savanna. It breeds in seasonal pans, swampy areas, and in pools near rivers. It nests in burrows in wet soil close to temporary water, and tadpoles move to water to develop.
Range:
This species, which is known only from South Africa, occurs in southern Mpumalanga, and central and eastern KwaZulu-Natal, south to Durban on the coast. The northernmost coastal record is from Hluhluwe. Recently the species has been recorded from Witrivier Town, northern Mpumalanga (L. du Preez pers. comm. August 2016). Based on the currently known distribution of this species, it is likely that it occurs in Swaziland, although there are no records confirming that. It ranges from sea level up to over 1,000 m Asl on the summit of the Lebombo Mountains.
Conservation:
Conservation Actions
This species occurs in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, and possibly the White River Nature Reserve. The coastal subpopulations occur in some protected areas, such as Umlalazi Nature Reserve, but the areas are not substantial and are heavily pressured in surrounding catchment (J. Harvey pers. comm. August 2016). It might occur in Amatikulu Nature Reserve (small and isolated) and only just overlaps with iSimangaliso Wetland Park in the south. The inland subpopulations are poorly known, but likely do not occur in protected areas. Habitat protection in these areas is moderate, but not enough area is protected (J. Harvey pers. comm. August 2016).
Conservation Needed
Improved habitat protection is required at sites where this species is known to occur.
Research Needed
Studies on its population size, distribution and trends, ability to disperse, life history and ecology (including terrestrial habitat requirements), and threats are needed.
This species occurs in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, and possibly the White River Nature Reserve. The coastal subpopulations occur in some protected areas, such as Umlalazi Nature Reserve, but the areas are not substantial and are heavily pressured in surrounding catchment (J. Harvey pers. comm. August 2016). It might occur in Amatikulu Nature Reserve (small and isolated) and only just overlaps with iSimangaliso Wetland Park in the south. The inland subpopulations are poorly known, but likely do not occur in protected areas. Habitat protection in these areas is moderate, but not enough area is protected (J. Harvey pers. comm. August 2016).
Conservation Needed
Improved habitat protection is required at sites where this species is known to occur.
Research Needed
Studies on its population size, distribution and trends, ability to disperse, life history and ecology (including terrestrial habitat requirements), and threats are needed.