Pristimantis museosus
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AMPHIBIA | ANURA | STRABOMANTIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Pristimantis museosus | |||
| Species Authority: | (Ibáñez, Jaramillo and Arosemena, 1994) | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Eleutherodactylus marshae Lynch, 1964
Eleutherodactylus museosus Ibáñez, Jaramillo and Arosemena, 1994
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Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Published: | 2010 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor | |||
| Reviewer/s: | Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) | |||
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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 in Panama. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | This species is endemic to the central cordilleras of Panama, ranging from 700-1,000m asl. |
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Native:
Panama
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Population [top]
| Population: | It is generally rare, but common in a few sites such as the head of the Río Changuinola and the Bosque Protector Palo in Bocas del Toro Province and the continental divide near Copé, Coclé Province. |
| Population Trend: |
Unknown
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | It is associated with low vegetation in humid montane forest. Breeding is by direct development, although the site of egg deposition is not known. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | The principal threat is habitat loss, mainly due to small-scale subsistence wood extraction. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | Much of its range is included in protected areas, including Parque Nacional Chagres. |
Bibliography [top]
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Ibanez, R., Jaramillo, C.A. and Arosemena, F.A. 1994. A new species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Panama. Amphibia-Reptilia: 337-341. Ibáñez, R., Solís, F., Jaramillo, C. and Rand, S. 2000. An overview of the herpetology of Panama. In: Johnson, J.D., Webb, R.G. and Flores-Villela, O.A. (eds), Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Zoogeography and Conservation, pp. 159-170. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 29 June 2010). Young, B., Sedaghatkish, G., Roca, E. and Fuenmayor, Q. 1999. El Estatus de la Conservación de la Herpetofauna de Panamá: Resumen del Primer Taller Internacional sobre la Herpetofauna de Panamá. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia. |
| Citation: | Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor 2010. Pristimantis museosus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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