Ischnocnema sambaqui

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	BRACHYCEPHALIDAE

Scientific Name:	Ischnocnema sambaqui
Species Authority:	(Castanho and Haddad, 2000)
Synonym/s:	Eleutherodactylus sambaqui Castanho and Haddad, 2000

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Magno Vicente Segalla
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been described, and there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.
History:	2004 – Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from Atlantic forest in the municipalities of Guaraqueçaba, Piraquara, and Morretes, in Paraná State, Brazil, from 40-1,100m asl.
Countries:	Native: Brazil
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Population [top]

Population:	It is abundant within its range.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in secondary and old growth coastal rainforest, where it is found in vegetation and on the forest floor. It reproduces by direct development and lays eggs on the ground.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Its habitat is under threat due to selective logging, cattle ranching, and tourism.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

This species is found in Parque Estadual Pico do Marumbi.

Bibliography [top]

Castanho, L.M. and Haddad, C.F.B. 2000. New species of Eleutherodactylus (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) from Guaraqueçaba, Atlantic Forest of Brazil. Copeia: 777-781. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 29 June 2010).