Rhinella acrolopha

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	BUFONIDAE

Scientific Name:	Rhinella acrolopha
Species Authority:	(Trueb, 1971)
Synonym/s:	Rhamphophryne acrolopha Trueb, 1971

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Taran Grant
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainties as to its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from a single locality in the eastern cordilleras of south-eastern Darién Province in Panama adjacent to Colombia, extending into extreme north-western Colombia at Los Katios in Choco Department. It is a lowland species that ranges up to 1,400m asl.
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Panama
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information available on its population status.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a terrestrial inhabitant of both humid lowland and lower montane forest, although it is not known from secondary habitats. Its breeding behaviour is unknown; it might breed by direct development if it is like other members of its genus.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	All known populations are in protected areas, but there are presumably populations outside protected areas that are likely to be threatened by deforestation for agricultural development, cultivation of illegal crops, logging, and human settlement, and also by pollution resulting from the spraying of illegal crops.

Major Threat(s):

All known populations are in protected areas, but there are presumably populations outside protected areas that are likely to be threatened by deforestation for agricultural development, cultivation of illegal crops, logging, and human settlement, and also by pollution resulting from the spraying of illegal crops.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It has been recorded from Parque Nacional Darién in Panama, and Parque Nacional Natural Los Katios in Colombia.

Conservation Actions:

It has been recorded from Parque Nacional Darién in Panama, and Parque Nacional Natural Los Katios in Colombia.

Bibliography [top]

	Ibáñez, R., Solís, F., Jaramillo, C. and Rand, S. 2000. An overwiew of the herpetology of Panama. In: Johnson, J.D., Webb, R.G. and Flores-Villela, O.A. (eds), Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Zoogeography and Conservation, pp. 159-170. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Lynch, J.D. and Renjifo, J.M. 1990. Two new toads (Bufonidae: Rhamphophryne) from the northern Andes of Colombia. Journal of Herpetology: 364-371. Ruiz-Carranza, P.M., Ardila-Robayo, M.C. and Lynch, J.D. 1996. Lista actualizada de la fauna de Amphibia de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales: 365-415. Trueb, L. 1971. Phylogenetic relationships of certain Neotropical toads with the description of a new Genus (Anura: Bufonidae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science: 1-40. Young, B., Sedaghatkish, G., Roca, E. and Fuenmayor, Q. 1999. El Estatus de la Conservación de la Herpetofauna de Panamá: Resumen del Primer Taller Internacional sobre la Herpetofauna de Panamá. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia.

Ibáñez, R., Solís, F., Jaramillo, C. and Rand, S. 2000. An overwiew of the herpetology of Panama. In: Johnson, J.D., Webb, R.G. and Flores-Villela, O.A. (eds), Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Zoogeography and Conservation, pp. 159-170. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.

IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.

Lynch, J.D. and Renjifo, J.M. 1990. Two new toads (Bufonidae: Rhamphophryne) from the northern Andes of Colombia. Journal of Herpetology: 364-371.

Ruiz-Carranza, P.M., Ardila-Robayo, M.C. and Lynch, J.D. 1996. Lista actualizada de la fauna de Amphibia de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales: 365-415.

Trueb, L. 1971. Phylogenetic relationships of certain Neotropical toads with the description of a new Genus (Anura: Bufonidae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science: 1-40.

Young, B., Sedaghatkish, G., Roca, E. and Fuenmayor, Q. 1999. El Estatus de la Conservación de la Herpetofauna de Panamá: Resumen del Primer Taller Internacional sobre la Herpetofauna de Panamá. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia.

Citation:	Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Taran Grant 2004. Rhinella acrolopha. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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