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Telmatobufo venustus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA CALYPTOCEPHALELLIDAE

Scientific Name: Telmatobufo venustus
Species Authority: (Philippi, 1899)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered B2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published: 2010
Assessor/s: Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez, Ramón Formas
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Endangered because its Area of Occupancy is less than 500km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat on the western slopes of the Chilean Andes.
History:
2004 – Endangered
1996 – Data Deficient
1994 – Rare (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known from the western slopes of the Chilean Andes from 35° 20'S to 38° 50'S (Altos de Vilches, Talca Province; Cordillera de Chillán, Chillán Province; Ralco, Bío-Bío Province), at an elevation of 1,500-1,700m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Chile
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Population [top]

Population: It is a rare species, and in 1999 was recorded for the first time in some 100 years. It is known from very few individuals from only three localities.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It occurs under rocks along streams in temperate Nothofagus forest. Its reproduction is unknown, though it probably takes place by larval development in water.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The major threat is habitat loss due to conversion of native habitat to pine and eucalyptus plantations, and as a result of forest fires.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in Parque Nacional Altos de Lircay. Further survey work is needed to better understand the current population status of this poorly known species.
Citation: Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez, Ramón Formas 2010. Telmatobufo venustus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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