Pristimantis fallax

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	STRABOMANTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pristimantis fallax

Species Authority:

(Lynch and Rueda, 1999)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Rana De Garganta Manchada

Synonym/s:

Eleutherodactylus fallax Lynch and Rueda, 1999

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Justification: Listed as Endangered because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 5,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat on the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found along forested streams in Antioquia, Tolima, and Caldas Departments, on the eastern flank of the Cordillera Central, in Colombia, from 1,100-1,850m asl. The type locality is in San Carlos (Lynch and Rueda-Almonacid 1999).
Countries:	Native: Colombia
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information on its current population status.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a forest species usually found along the edge of streams that is associated with naturally occurring open areas in primary and secondary forests. Gallery forest cover is needed to keep humidity high; hence, it is very sensitive to any disturbance of its habitat. It breeds by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The main threat to this species is habitat loss due to deforestation for agricultural development and the planting of illegal crops, although these activities are mainly localized at present. Some other species of Eleutherodactylus that are associated with high-elevation streams have undergone dramatic declines and disappearances, possibly due to chytridiomycosis, so the status of this species should be monitored carefully.

Major Threat(s):

The main threat to this species is habitat loss due to deforestation for agricultural development and the planting of illegal crops, although these activities are mainly localized at present. Some other species of Eleutherodactylus that are associated with high-elevation streams have undergone dramatic declines and disappearances, possibly due to chytridiomycosis, so the status of this species should be monitored carefully.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There are no protected areas within the range of the species, and its habitat is in need of urgent protection (particularly given its dependence on gallery forest to maintain humidity levels). Further survey work is needed to determine the current population status of this species.

Conservation Actions:

There are no protected areas within the range of the species, and its habitat is in need of urgent protection (particularly given its dependence on gallery forest to maintain humidity levels). Further survey work is needed to determine the current population status of this species.

Citation:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera 2004. Pristimantis fallax. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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