Eleutherodactylus rivularis

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	ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Eleutherodactylus rivularis
Species Authority:	Diaz, Estrada and Hedges, 2001

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	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.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from only three localities in the Sierra Maestra, south-eastern Cuba, at an altitude of 80-240m asl.
Countries:	Native: Cuba
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Population [top]

Population:	It is moderately common in suitable habitat.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

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.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

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.

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.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species is not known to occur in any protected areas, making protection and maintenance of remaining habitat an urgent priority.

Conservation Actions:

The species is not known to occur in any protected areas, making protection and maintenance of remaining habitat an urgent priority.

Bibliography [top]

	Díaz, L.M., Estrada, A.R. and Hedges, S.B. 2001. A new riparial frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from eastern Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science: 63-71. Hedges, S.B. 1993. Global amphibian declines: a perspective from the Caribbean. Biodiversity and Conservation: 290-303. Hedges, S.B. 1999. Distribution of amphibians in the West Indies. In: Duellman, W.E. (ed.), Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians. A Global Perspective, pp. 211-254. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland. Hedges, S.B. 2001. Caribherp: database of West Indian amphibians and reptiles (http://www.caribherp.net). Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R. 1999. West Indian herpetoecology. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.), Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, pp. 223-226. Academic Press, San Diego, California. Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R. 2001. Responses by the West Indian herpetofauna to human-influenced resources. Caribbean Journal of Science: 41-54. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions and Natural History. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida.

Díaz, L.M., Estrada, A.R. and Hedges, S.B. 2001. A new riparial frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from eastern Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science: 63-71.

Hedges, S.B. 1993. Global amphibian declines: a perspective from the Caribbean. Biodiversity and Conservation: 290-303.

Hedges, S.B. 1999. Distribution of amphibians in the West Indies. In: Duellman, W.E. (ed.), Patterns of Distribution of Amphibians. A Global Perspective, pp. 211-254. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, Maryland.

Hedges, S.B. 2001. Caribherp: database of West Indian amphibians and reptiles (http://www.caribherp.net). Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.

Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R. 1999. West Indian herpetoecology. In: Crother, B.I. (ed.), Caribbean Amphibians and Reptiles, pp. 223-226. Academic Press, San Diego, California.

Henderson, R.W. and Powell, R. 2001. Responses by the West Indian herpetofauna to human-influenced resources. Caribbean Journal of Science: 41-54.

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

Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions and Natural History. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, Florida.

Citation:	Blair Hedges, Luis Díaz 2004. Eleutherodactylus rivularis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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