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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description:
Pycreus sanguinolentus is distributed in Old World tropics to subtropics.
In India, it is widely spread in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Megalaya, Kashmir, Bihar, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, Orissa, Punjab, Rajastan, Goa, Gujarat and Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Cook 1996). It is found at an altitude of 250 to 1,650 m in the Western Ghats.
In the Arabian Peninsula this species is rare in Yemen, where it occurs in the wadi above Aduf near Turbah (At Turbah), Wadi Dabab (Adhabab), Taiz, Hajarah, Haraz and a few kilometres east of Rujum (Wood 1997) and in Saudi Arabia in Asir and Tannumah (Chaudhary 2001), up to an altitude of 2,500 m asl.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Angola (Angola); Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Central African Republic; China (Yunnan); Comoros; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte dIvoire; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; India (Andaman Is., Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Jammu-Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nicobar Is., Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh); Indonesia; Kenya; Lao Peoples Democratic Republic; Madagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Mauritania; Myanmar; Nepal; Nigeria; Pakistan; Philippines; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Sierra Leone; Singapore; South Africa; South Sudan; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Togo; Uganda; Viet Nam; Yemen (North Yemen); Zimbabwe
Additional data:
? Lower elevation limit (metres): 250
? Upper elevation limit (metres): 2500
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Population [top]
Population:
This is a locally abundant species.
Current Population Trend: Stable
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology:
It is annual or perennial in permanent water. However, common in wet open places, swamps, margins of pools, river banks and wet rice fields (Cook 1996).
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: No
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade:
No use has been reported for this species.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s):
No known major widespread threats.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions:
No conservation actions are known to be taken for this species.
Citation: Mani, S. 2013. Pycreus sanguinolentus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T176962A19096542. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T176962A19096542.en. Downloaded on 14 June 2017.
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