Eleutherodactylus rivularis
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Eleutherodactylus rivularis |
| Species Authority: |
Diaz, Estrada and Hedges, 2001 |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Critically Endangered
B1ab(iii)
ver 3.1
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| Year Assessed: |
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 Extent of Occurrence is less than 100 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat in the Sierra Maestra, southeastern Cuba.
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Geographic Range
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Population
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| Population: |
It is moderately common in suitable habitat.
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It occurs along streams with grassy margins in moist forest. Males call from river beaches of sand and pebbles and from emerging rocks. Eggs are laid in excavated holes on the ground, and it breeds by direct development.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
There is a high level of human disturbance and habitat destruction in the range of the species due to infrastructure development for tourism and human settlements, agricultural expansion, and water pollution from agricultural activities and human settlements.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
The species is not known to occur in any protected areas, making protection and maintenance of remaining habitat an urgent priority.
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