Craugastor lineatus

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	CRAUGASTORIDAE

Scientific Name:	Craugastor lineatus
Species Authority:	(Brocchi, 1879)
Synonym/s:	Eleutherodactylus macdougalli Taylor, 1942
Taxonomic Notes:	This species was previously included in the genus Eleutherodactylus (Crawford and Smith 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered A3e ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2004
Assessor/s:	Georgina Santos-Barrera, Manuel Acevedo, Antonio Muñoz Alonso
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Justification: Listed as Critically Endangered because of a projected population decline, estimated to be more than 80% over the next ten years, probably due to chytridiomycosis.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species can be found on the Atlantic versant of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico, southeast to Guatemala. It also occurs on the Pacific versant, from eastern Oaxaca through Chiapas to the south-western highlands of Guatemala, at elevations of 300-2,000m asl.
Countries:	Native: Guatemala; Mexico
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Population [top]

Population:	There are very few records of this species and it appears to be uncommon. In Chiapas, it is currently known only from a single site. Recent surveys in Guerrero and Oaxaca indicate that it has disappeared from all sites surveyed, suggesting a serious decrease.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It can be found in lower montane evergreen forest, and it occurs and breeds by direct development near streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The declines witnessed in Mexico are probably due to chytridiomycosis, since some other species of Craugastor that are associated with streams have undergone dramatic declines and disappearances, possibly due to chytridiomycosis. Habitat loss due to agriculture, logging, and human settlement is also a threat.

Major Threat(s):

The declines witnessed in Mexico are probably due to chytridiomycosis, since some other species of Craugastor that are associated with streams have undergone dramatic declines and disappearances, possibly due to chytridiomycosis. Habitat loss due to agriculture, logging, and human settlement is also a threat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is known to occur in Biotopo del Quetzal and the Reserva de la Biósfera Bisis Cabá. In view of the severe risk of chytridiomycosis, the status of this species should be closely monitored, and ex-situ populations should be established. It is protected by Mexican law under the "Special Protection" category (Pr).

Conservation Actions:

This species is known to occur in Biotopo del Quetzal and the Reserva de la Biósfera Bisis Cabá. In view of the severe risk of chytridiomycosis, the status of this species should be closely monitored, and ex-situ populations should be established. It is protected by Mexican law under the "Special Protection" category (Pr).

Bibliography [top]

	Crawford, A.J. and Smith, E.N. 2005. Cenozoic biogeography and evolution in direct-developing frogs of Central America (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) as inferred from a phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 536-555. Hoogmoed, M.S. 1986. Erganzende Beobachtungen an Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider, 1799) (Salientia: Leptodactylidae). Salamandra: 215-217. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Lips, K.R., Mendelson III, J.R., Munoz-Alonso, A., Canseco-Marquez, L. and Mulcahy, D.G. 2004. Amphibian population declines in montane southern Mexico: resurveys of historical localities. Biological Conservation: 555-564. Regos, J. and Schluter, A. 1984. Erste Ergebnisse zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie von Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider, 1799) (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae). Salamandra: 252-261. Savage, J.M. 1987. Systematic and distribution of the Mexican and Central American rainfrogs of the Eleutherodactylus gollmeri group (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae). Fieldiana Zoology New Series: 1-57. Schluter, A. and Regos, J. 1981. Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider, 1799) (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) as a dweller in nests of the leaf cutting ant Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Attini). Amphibia-Reptilia: 117-121.

Crawford, A.J. and Smith, E.N. 2005. Cenozoic biogeography and evolution in direct-developing frogs of Central America (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) as inferred from a phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 536-555.

Hoogmoed, M.S. 1986. Erganzende Beobachtungen an Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider, 1799) (Salientia: Leptodactylidae). Salamandra: 215-217.

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

Lips, K.R., Mendelson III, J.R., Munoz-Alonso, A., Canseco-Marquez, L. and Mulcahy, D.G. 2004. Amphibian population declines in montane southern Mexico: resurveys of historical localities. Biological Conservation: 555-564.

Regos, J. and Schluter, A. 1984. Erste Ergebnisse zur Fortpflanzungsbiologie von Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider, 1799) (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae). Salamandra: 252-261.

Savage, J.M. 1987. Systematic and distribution of the Mexican and Central American rainfrogs of the Eleutherodactylus gollmeri group (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae). Fieldiana Zoology New Series: 1-57.

Schluter, A. and Regos, J. 1981. Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider, 1799) (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) as a dweller in nests of the leaf cutting ant Atta cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Attini). Amphibia-Reptilia: 117-121.

Citation:	Georgina Santos-Barrera, Manuel Acevedo, Antonio Muñoz Alonso 2004. Craugastor lineatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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