Rationale
(Changed due to Same category and criteria)
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, its tolerance of a broad range of habitats and its presumed large population.
Distribution
This species ranges from Gabon, southern Congo, Angola, the Caprivi Strip of Namibia and northern Botswana east through Zambia, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Malawi, northern Mozambique, Tanzania and southeastern Kenya. Records from Gabon and southern Congo have been assigned here to this species, but they could belong to Ptychadena pumilio. The boundary between this species and P. pumilio is uncertain (especially in Uganda, from where neither species has been recorded, but both probably occur). Uganda is included in the species' distribution on the map however. There is an apparently isolated population in eastern KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), possibly also occurring in southern Mozambique.
It is a common species that can have dense breeding aggregations. However, the isolated South African population is uncommon and sparsely distributed.
Threats
It is an adaptable species that is not facing any significant threats, except in localized situations. However, the South African population is losing habitat to commercial agriculture and plantations.
Uses and trade
There are no reports of this species being utilized.
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