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Bolitoglossa savagei

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA CAUDATA PLETHODONTIDAE

Scientific Name: Bolitoglossa savagei
Species Authority: Brame and Wake, 1963
Taxonomic Notes: Specimens from the Cordillera de Mérida in Venezuela are now referred to Bolitoglossa guaramacalensis (Wake pers. comm.).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2004
Assessor/s Jose Vicente Rueda, María Cristina Ardila-Robayo
Evaluator/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of the absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known only from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in northern Colombia, at 1,000-2,140m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Colombia
Range Map:
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Population [top]

Population: It is an uncommon species and there have been no recent sightings (although this is most likely due to a lack of survey effort).
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It is a montane forest species, living principally in bromeliads (in which it breeds by direct development). It has also been found in decaying logs and stumps and under decaying leaves.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The main threat to it is deforestation due to small-scale agriculture.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Citation: Jose Vicente Rueda, María Cristina Ardila-Robayo 2004. Bolitoglossa savagei. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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