Cochranella euknemos

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	CENTROLENIDAE

Scientific Name:

Cochranella euknemos

Species Authority:

(Savage and Starrett, 1967)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Ranita De Cristal

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, Gerardo Chaves, Jay Savage, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Brian Kubicki
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from scattered lowland and premontane localities from central Costa Rica (840-1,500m asl) and Panama (90-1,270m asl) to western Colombia (Choco, Antioquia and Risaralda departments from 100-1,650m asl).
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Costa Rica; Panama
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Population [top]

Population:	It is considered to be rare in both Costa Rica and Panama. It is fairly common in Colombia. As of 2007, there have been no recent records of this species from Costa Rica since 1986, despite directed survey efforts (Brian Kubicki pers. comm.).
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is an inhabitant of humid lowland, premontane and montane forest. It can be observed in bushes and trees along forest streams. Larvae develop in streams. It is restricted to forest covered streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	In Panama the species is generally threatened by deforestation, but overall there are no major threats to the species. The causes of the decline in Costa Rica are not currently known.

Major Threat(s):

In Panama the species is generally threatened by deforestation, but overall there are no major threats to the species. The causes of the decline in Costa Rica are not currently known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species has been recorded from a number of protected areas in Costa Rica (two are volcanoes) and Panama. All known Costa Rican populations are within protected areas. It is also within a protected area in Colombia. The species appears to have disappeared in Costa Rica, and although this is marginal to the full range of the species, surveys are needed in Panama and Colombia to determine whether this decline is more widespread (Brain Kubicki pers. comm. 2007).

Conservation Actions:

The species has been recorded from a number of protected areas in Costa Rica (two are volcanoes) and Panama. All known Costa Rican populations are within protected areas. It is also within a protected area in Colombia. The species appears to have disappeared in Costa Rica, and although this is marginal to the full range of the species, surveys are needed in Panama and Colombia to determine whether this decline is more widespread (Brain Kubicki pers. comm. 2007).

Bibliography [top]

	Guayasamin, J.M. and Bonaccorso, E. 2004. A new species of Glass Frog (Centrolenidae: Cochranella) from the lowlands of Northwestern Ecuador, with comments on the Cochranella granulosa group. Herpetologica: 485-494. Hayes, M.P. 1981. A study of clutch attendence in the neotropical frog Centrolenella fleischmanni (Anura: Centrolenidae). Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami. Hayes, M.P., Pounds, J.A. and Timmerman, W.W. 1989. An annotated list and guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Monteverde, Costa Rica. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Circular: 1-67. Ibañez, R., Rand, A.S. and Jaramillo, C.A. 1999. Los anfibios del Monumento Natural Barro Colorado, Parque Nacional Soberanía y areas adyacentes. Mizrachi, E. and Pujol, S.A., Santa Fe de Bogota. 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. Kubicki, B. 2007. Ranas de vidrio Costa Rica = Glass frogs of Costa Rica. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, INBio. Pounds, J.A. and Fogden, M.P.L. 2000. Appendix 8: Amphibians and reptiles of Monteverde. In: Nadkarni, N.M. and Wheelwright, N.T. (eds), Monteverde: Ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest, pp. 537-40. Oxford University Press, New York. Ruiz-Carranza, P.M. and Lynch, J.D. 1991. Ranas Centrolenidae de Colombia III. Nuevas especies de Cochranella del grupo granulosa. Lozania (Acta Zoologica Colombiana): 1-18. 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. Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between two Continents, between two Seas. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Savage, J.M. and Starrett, P.H. 1967. A new fringe-limbed tree-frog (family Centrolenidae) from lower Central America. Copeia: 604-606. 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.

Guayasamin, J.M. and Bonaccorso, E. 2004. A new species of Glass Frog (Centrolenidae: Cochranella) from the lowlands of Northwestern Ecuador, with comments on the Cochranella granulosa group. Herpetologica: 485-494.

Hayes, M.P. 1981. A study of clutch attendence in the neotropical frog Centrolenella fleischmanni (Anura: Centrolenidae). Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami.

Hayes, M.P., Pounds, J.A. and Timmerman, W.W. 1989. An annotated list and guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Monteverde, Costa Rica. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Circular: 1-67.

Ibañez, R., Rand, A.S. and Jaramillo, C.A. 1999. Los anfibios del Monumento Natural Barro Colorado, Parque Nacional Soberanía y areas adyacentes. Mizrachi, E. and Pujol, S.A., Santa Fe de Bogota.

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.

Kubicki, B. 2007. Ranas de vidrio Costa Rica = Glass frogs of Costa Rica. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, INBio.

Pounds, J.A. and Fogden, M.P.L. 2000. Appendix 8: Amphibians and reptiles of Monteverde. In: Nadkarni, N.M. and Wheelwright, N.T. (eds), Monteverde: Ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest, pp. 537-40. Oxford University Press, New York.

Ruiz-Carranza, P.M. and Lynch, J.D. 1991. Ranas Centrolenidae de Colombia III. Nuevas especies de Cochranella del grupo granulosa. Lozania (Acta Zoologica Colombiana): 1-18.

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.

Savage, J.M. 2002. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between two Continents, between two Seas. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Savage, J.M. and Starrett, P.H. 1967. A new fringe-limbed tree-frog (family Centrolenidae) from lower Central America. Copeia: 604-606.

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, Gerardo Chaves, Jay Savage, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Brian Kubicki 2004. Cochranella euknemos. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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