Atelognathus grandisonae

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	CERATOPHRYIDAE

Scientific Name:	Atelognathus grandisonae
Species Authority:	(Lynch, 1975)
Taxonomic Notes:	The generic assignment of this species needs to be revised as suggested by Lynch (1978) and Basso and Ubeda (1998).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez

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 taxonomic status, extent of occurrence and ecological requirements.

History:

2004	–	Data Deficient
1996	–	Vulnerable
1994	–	Insufficiently Known (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality, Puerto Eden, Wellington Island, Chile (49° 10'S; 74° 28'W). Its altitudinal range is up to 50m asl.
Countries:	Native: Chile
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is known only from a single specimen collected more than 25 years ago.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Its habitat is Magellanic tundra, with a mosaic of small patches of Nothofagus forest and bogs. Reproduction probably occurs in the bogs.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is probably not threatened because the habitat on Wellington Island is not under any significant threats.

Major Threat(s):

This species is probably not threatened because the habitat on Wellington Island is not under any significant threats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	In Chile this species is listed as "Rare" (Reglamento de la Ley de Caza, Chile, 1998).

Conservation Actions:

In Chile this species is listed as "Rare" (Reglamento de la Ley de Caza, Chile, 1998).

Citation:	Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez 2010. Atelognathus grandisonae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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