Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Eleutherodactylus glanduliferoides |
| Species Authority: |
Shreve, 1936 |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Critically Endangered
B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2010 |
| Assessor/s: |
Blair Hedges, Richard Thomas, Robert Powell |
| Reviewer/s: |
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered because its Extent of Occurrence is probably less than 100km2 and its Area of Occupancy is probably less than 10km2, all individuals are in a single sub-population, and the extent of its forest habitat on the Massif de la Selle, Haiti, is declining.
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| History: |
| 2004 |
– |
Critically Endangered
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Geographic Range
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Population
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| Population: |
It is very rare, and possibly already extinct. It has been seen only a few times, most recently in 1985 although there have been few herpetological surveys in the region since.
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It occurs only at high elevations in moist forest, calling from the ground or from low grasses in the forest. Eggs are laid on the ground, and it breeds by direct development.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
The primary threat to the species is severe habitat destruction, due to charcoaling and slash-and-burn agriculture.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
The known range of the species is just outside Parc National Morne La Visite, although there is no management of this area for conservation, and the habitat within the park is being destroyed. This is clearly a species requiring urgent site-based conservation action specifically to conserve the remaining habitat in the area. Survey work is also needed to determine the current population status of this species.
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