Lithobates tlaloci

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	RANIDAE

Scientific Name:

Lithobates tlaloci

Species Authority:

(Hillis and Frost, 1985)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Tlaloc's Leopard Frog
Spanish	–	Rana De Tláloc

Synonym/s:

Rana tlaloci Hillis and Frost, 1985

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2004

Assessor/s:

Georgina Santos-Barrera, Oscar Flores-Villela

Reviewer/s:

Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)

Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 100 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat around Mexico City.

History:

1996	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct? (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The historical range of this species was the Valley of Mexico at Xochimilco, and probably Chalco, and maybe in the eastern state of Mexico, central Mexico.
Countries:	Possibly extinct: Mexico
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is most likely extinct, and has not been seen since it was first described in 1985.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabited wetland areas in the surroundings of southern Mexico City.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The rapid and intense growth of Mexico City with its high rate of urbanization has caused the disappearance of the only known suitable habitats for this species.

Major Threat(s):

The rapid and intense growth of Mexico City with its high rate of urbanization has caused the disappearance of the only known suitable habitats for this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It seems that no individuals of this species survive in the wild, but an intensive survey is needed to check all the possible localities where this species could occur. The Mexican government has placed this species in the "Endangered" category.

Conservation Actions:

It seems that no individuals of this species survive in the wild, but an intensive survey is needed to check all the possible localities where this species could occur. The Mexican government has placed this species in the "Endangered" category.

Citation:	Georgina Santos-Barrera, Oscar Flores-Villela 2004. Lithobates tlaloci. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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