Bolitoglossa ramosi

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	CAUDATA	PLETHODONTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Bolitoglossa ramosi

Species Authority:

Brame and Wake, 1972

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Salamandra Manchada

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, Andrés Acosta-Galvis
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Justification: Listed as Least Concern since, although its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, it is common and adaptable with a presumed large population, and it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from the Oriental slope of the Central Cordillera (Antioquia, Caldas, Tolima and Huila departments) in Colombia, from 1,200-2,000m asl.
Countries:	Native: Colombia
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a common species and thrives in disturbed habitats.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in premontane forest, on low herbaceous vegetation, in primary and good secondary forests and bromeliads, as well as in bushes along side streams. Breeding habits are not known. It also occurs in pastureland and near urban areas.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats to this adaptable species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats to this adaptable species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species is not known from any protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

The species is not known from any protected areas.

Bibliography [top]

	Acosta-Galvis, A.R. 2000. Ranas, Salamandras y Caecilias (Tetrapoda: Amphibia) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana: 289-319. Brame, A.H. and Wake, D.B. 1972. New species of salamanders (genus Bolitoglossa) from Colombia, Ecuador and Panama. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science: 1-34. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. Paez, V.P., Bock, B.C., Estrada, J.J., Ortega, A.M., Daza, J.M. and Gutierrez-C., P.D. 2002. Guia de Campo de Algunas Especies de Anfibios y Reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, Departamento de Biologia, Medellin. Rueda-Almonacid, J.V. 2000. Informe Final: La herpetofauna de los "Bosques de Florencia", Caldas: Una vision integrada sobre su composicion, diversidad y relaciones ecologicas. Ruiz-Carranza, P.M., Ardila-Robayo, M.C. and Lynch, J.D. 1996. Lista actualizada de la fauna de Amphibia de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales: 365-415.

Acosta-Galvis, A.R. 2000. Ranas, Salamandras y Caecilias (Tetrapoda: Amphibia) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana: 289-319.

Brame, A.H. and Wake, D.B. 1972. New species of salamanders (genus Bolitoglossa) from Colombia, Ecuador and Panama. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County - Contributions in Science: 1-34.

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

Paez, V.P., Bock, B.C., Estrada, J.J., Ortega, A.M., Daza, J.M. and Gutierrez-C., P.D. 2002. Guia de Campo de Algunas Especies de Anfibios y Reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, Departamento de Biologia, Medellin.

Rueda-Almonacid, J.V. 2000. Informe Final: La herpetofauna de los "Bosques de Florencia", Caldas: Una vision integrada sobre su composicion, diversidad y relaciones ecologicas.

Ruiz-Carranza, P.M., Ardila-Robayo, M.C. and Lynch, J.D. 1996. Lista actualizada de la fauna de Amphibia de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales: 365-415.

Citation:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, Andrés Acosta-Galvis 2004. Bolitoglossa ramosi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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