Ptyodactylus orlovi | UAE National Red List of Herpetofauna: Amphibians & Terrestrial Reptiles, Sea Snakes & Marine Turtles
Taxa
Ptyodactylus orlovi | Nazarov, Melnikov & Melnikova, 2013
Publication
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
Within the United Arab Emirates, this species occurs in the Hajar Mountains (excluding the Musandam Peninsula) from the southern edge of the Musandam in the Hajar Mountains southwards from the Masafi/Dibba depression to Oman. The species is listed as Least Concern, due to its large distribution range with area of occupancy (AOO) 180 km<sup>2</sup> and extent of occurrence (EOO) of 5,463 km<sup>2</sup>, and with no major threats to the presumed large population that may result in it declining fast enough in the near future to qualify for listing in a threatened category. This taxon is not a non-breeding visitor, and it is presumed that any immigration from populations outside the UAE is not significant, and therefore there is no adjustment to the Category according to the IUCN regional and national Guidelines (IUCN 2012).
Assessment year
2018
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And IUCN. 2012. Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
There are no widespread threats to the species that are known to cause a decline in the population. Quarrying is the only known potential threat to the species within a minority of its wide distribution range.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Ptyodactylus orlovi | Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Phyllodactylidae | Ptyodactylus |