Craugastor tabasarae
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | AMPHIBIA | ANURA | CRAUGASTORIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Craugastor tabasarae |
| Species Authority: | (Savage, Hollingsworth, Lips and Jaslow, 2004) |
| Taxonomic Notes: | This species was previously included in the genus Eleutherodactylus (Crawford and Smith 2005). |
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered A4ae ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2006 |
| Assessor/s: | Roberto Ibanez, Karen Lips |
| Reviewer/s: | Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
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Justification: Listed as Critically Endangered since chytrid fungus is believed likely to cause a population decline of greater than 80% in three generations, a process which has already been observed starting. |
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | This species is known from Coclé Province, west-central Panama (at 600-800 m asl in the Serranía de Tabasará above El Copé), and Colón and Panama Provinces, east-central Panama (730-910 m asl) near Cerro Bruja in the Parque Nacional G. D. Omar Torríjos H. and the Serranía Piedras-Pacora in the Parque Nacional Chagres, respectively. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Panama
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Population [top]
| Population: | There is little information available on population status, but it is quite rare. A population crash took place at El Copé in 2004, and it might now be extinct there. |
| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Habitat and Ecology: | It has been recorded from premontane forest, and is not likely to be tolerant of significant habitat alteration. Most individuals have been found at night up to 2m above the ground on vegetation overhanging or near streams, and it is presumed to breed by direct development. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | Selective logging has occurred in the Serranía de Tabasará. It appears that chytrid fungus has caused the loss of this species from El Copé, and it is likely to be similarly lost from other sites as the fungus continues to spread (K. Lips in litt. 2005). The long-term survival of the species in the wild is, therefore, very much in doubt. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | Further survey work is required to determine the population status and, given the threat of chytridiomycosis, some surviving individuals might need to form the basis for the establishment of an ex-situ captive breeding programme. This species is known from two national parks: G. D. Omar Torríjos H. and Chagres. |
Bibliography [top]
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Crawford, A.J. and Smith, E.N. 2005. Cenozoic biogeography and evolution in direct-developing frogs of Central America (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) as inferred from a phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 536-555. IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006. Savage, J.M., Hollingsworth, B.D., Lips, K.R. and Jaslow, A.P. 2004. A new species of rainfrog (genus Eleutherodactylus) from the Serranía de Tabasará, west?central Panama, and reanalysis of the fitzingeri species group. Herpetologica: 519-529. |
| Citation: | Roberto Ibanez, Karen Lips 2006. Craugastor tabasarae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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