Eleutherodactylus cubanus

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	ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Eleutherodactylus cubanus
Species Authority:	Barbour and Shreve, 1937

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered B2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Blair Hedges, Luis Díaz
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Justification: Listed as Critically Endangered because its Area of Occupancy is less than 10km2, its range is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is restricted to the Sierra Maestra, Cuba, at an altitude of 800-1,400m asl.
Countries:	Native: Cuba
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	It is a common species within suitable habitat.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is restricted to closed humid forest at high elevations, and breeds by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The primary threat to this species is habitat destruction due to agriculture, woodcutting, and disturbance from touristic activities, as well as infrastructure development for human settlement.

Major Threat(s):

The primary threat to this species is habitat destruction due to agriculture, woodcutting, and disturbance from touristic activities, as well as infrastructure development for human settlement.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The range of this species is wholly within Parque Nacional Turquino and Parque Nacional La Bayamesa, but there is no management of these specific areas for conservation, and the habitat continues to be destroyed. Improved management of these areas, and maintenance of the existing habitat, is urgently needed.

Conservation Actions:

The range of this species is wholly within Parque Nacional Turquino and Parque Nacional La Bayamesa, but there is no management of these specific areas for conservation, and the habitat continues to be destroyed. Improved management of these areas, and maintenance of the existing habitat, is urgently needed.

Bibliography [top]

	Centro Nacional de Areas Protegidas (CNAP). 2002. Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas. Cuba. Plan 2003-2008. CNAP, Sevilla, Spain. Díaz, L.M. 1998. Taxon Data Sheet for Eleutherodactylus cubanus. In: Perez, E., Osa, E., Matamoros, Y. and Seal, U.S. (eds), Conservation Breeding Specialists Group (SSC/IUCN). Report on Conservation Assessment Plan Workshop for Selected Cuban Species, pp. 117-123. IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, Minnesota. Hedges, S.B. 1993. Global amphibian declines: a perspective from the Caribbean. Biodiversity and Conservation: 290-303. Hedges, S.B. 1999. Distribution of amphibians in the West Indies. In: Duellman, W.E. (ed.), Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians. A Global Perspective, pp. 211-254. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland. Hedges, S.B. 2001. Caribherp: database of West Indian amphibians and reptiles (http://www.caribherp.net). Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Hedges, S.B., González, L. and Estrada, A.R. 1995. Rediscovery of the Cuban frogs Eleutherodactylus cubanus and E. turquinensis (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Caribbean Journal of Science: 327-332. Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R. 1999. West Indian herpetoecology. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.), Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, pp. 223-226. Academic Press, San Diego, California. Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R. 2001. Responses by the West Indian herpetofauna to human-influenced resources. Caribbean Journal of Science: 41-54. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions and Natural History. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida.

Centro Nacional de Areas Protegidas (CNAP). 2002. Sistema Nacional de Areas Protegidas. Cuba. Plan 2003-2008. CNAP, Sevilla, Spain.

Díaz, L.M. 1998. Taxon Data Sheet for Eleutherodactylus cubanus. In: Perez, E., Osa, E., Matamoros, Y. and Seal, U.S. (eds), Conservation Breeding Specialists Group (SSC/IUCN). Report on Conservation Assessment Plan Workshop for Selected Cuban Species, pp. 117-123. IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Apple Valley, Minnesota.

Hedges, S.B. 1993. Global amphibian declines: a perspective from the Caribbean. Biodiversity and Conservation: 290-303.

Hedges, S.B. 1999. Distribution of amphibians in the West Indies. In: Duellman, W.E. (ed.), Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians. A Global Perspective, pp. 211-254. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

Hedges, S.B. 2001. Caribherp: database of West Indian amphibians and reptiles (http://www.caribherp.net). Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Hedges, S.B., González, L. and Estrada, A.R. 1995. Rediscovery of the Cuban frogs Eleutherodactylus cubanus and E. turquinensis (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Caribbean Journal of Science: 327-332.

Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R. 1999. West Indian herpetoecology. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.), Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, pp. 223-226. Academic Press, San Diego, California.

Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R. 2001. Responses by the West Indian herpetofauna to human-influenced resources. Caribbean Journal of Science: 41-54.

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

Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions and Natural History. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida.

Citation:	Blair Hedges, Luis Díaz 2004. Eleutherodactylus cubanus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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