Craugastor chrysozetetes

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	CRAUGASTORIDAE

Scientific Name:	Craugastor chrysozetetes
Species Authority:	(McCranie, Savage & Wilson, 1989)
Synonym/s:	Eleutherodactylus chrysozetetes McCranie, Savage & Wilson, 1989
Taxonomic Notes:	This species was previously included in the genus Eleutherodactylus (Crawford and Smith 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Extinct ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2004
Assessor/s:	Gustavo Cruz, Larry David Wilson, Randy McCranie
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Justification: Listed as Extinct because extensive searches over the last ten years have failed to locate this species.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was known only from Quebrada de Oro in the Río Viejo, south-east of La Ceiba, Department of Atlantida, northern Honduras, at 880-1,130m asl.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Honduras
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	It was always extremely rare, and is now believed to be extinct. Several visits to the only known site in recent years have failed to locate the species.

Population:

It was always extremely rare, and is now believed to be extinct. Several visits to the only known site in recent years have failed to locate the species.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Animals were recorded along streams in premontane wet forest. It was presumably a direct developing species.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The species is believed to have disappeared through a combination of threats including deforestation resulting from agricultural encroachment, human settlement of the region, logging, fires and landslides. The area from which this species was recorded is subject to extensive landslides; these often severely impact the species habitat. It should be additionally noted that all streamside Craugastor above 900m asl have disappeared in Honduras in a manner that is consistent with the disease chytridiomycosis.

Major Threat(s):

The species is believed to have disappeared through a combination of threats including deforestation resulting from agricultural encroachment, human settlement of the region, logging, fires and landslides. The area from which this species was recorded is subject to extensive landslides; these often severely impact the species habitat. It should be additionally noted that all streamside Craugastor above 900m asl have disappeared in Honduras in a manner that is consistent with the disease chytridiomycosis.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Although the species has not been recorded from a protected area, the Quebrada de Oro is at the edge of Parque Nacional Pico Bonito.

Conservation Actions:

Although the species has not been recorded from a protected area, the Quebrada de Oro is at the edge of Parque Nacional Pico Bonito.

Citation:	Gustavo Cruz, Larry David Wilson, Randy McCranie 2004. Craugastor chrysozetetes. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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