Paratelmatobius gaigeae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	LEPTODACTYLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Paratelmatobius gaigeae
Species Authority:	(Cochran, 1938)
Synonym/s:	Paratelmatobius pictiventris A. Lutz, 1958

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2004

Assessor/s:

Luciana Barreto Nascimento, Paulo Garcia

Reviewer/s:

Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainties as to its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

History:

1994

–

Indeterminate (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from two localities in the Serra da Bocaina, in the Serra do Mar in the state of Sao Paulo, south-eastern Brazil: Bonito (the type locality), at around 1,300m asl, where it might now be locally extinct as a result of the degradation of its natural habitat; and the Estación Ecológica de Bananal, at 1,100-1,900m asl.
Countries:	Native: Brazil
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is known from two specimens collected in 1931, and from 11 specimens that were caught in pit-fall traps in December 2003 and January 2004. Although it might be restricted to a small area, it was clearly overlooked until pit-fall traps were used as a monitoring technique.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a terrestrial species of montane forest. If it is like other species of Paratelmatobius, it breeds in temporary ponds or streams, but this has not been confirmed.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is little direct information on the threats that it faces, though it is likely to be impacted by clear-cut logging. The loss of habitat around Bonito might have caused its local extinction there.

Major Threat(s):

There is little direct information on the threats that it faces, though it is likely to be impacted by clear-cut logging. The loss of habitat around Bonito might have caused its local extinction there.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The forests of the Estación Ecológica de Bananal is the only protected area from which this species is currently known.

Conservation Actions:

The forests of the Estación Ecológica de Bananal is the only protected area from which this species is currently known.

Citation:	Luciana Barreto Nascimento, Paulo Garcia 2004. Paratelmatobius gaigeae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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