Ameerega planipaleae

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	DENDROBATIDAE

Scientific Name:

Ameerega planipaleae

Species Authority:

(Morales and Velazco, 1998)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Oxapampa Poison Frog
Spanish	–	Rana Venenosa

Synonym/s:

Epipedobates planipaleae Morales and Velazco, 1998

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Javier Icochea, Edgar Lehr, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Stefan Lötters
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Critically Endangered because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 100 km2, all individuals are in a single location, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat in Pasco Department, Peru.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This recently described species is known only from the type locality of Llamaquizú stream, close to Oxapampa town, at 2,010m asl (Departamento: Pasco), Peru. It is thought to have a genuinely restricted distribution.
Countries:	Native: Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a very rare species, and is known only from the type series.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is recorded from montane tropical rainforest. Its breeding habitat is not known.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat to this species is habitat loss due to expanding agricultural activities.

Major Threat(s):

The major threat to this species is habitat loss due to expanding agricultural activities.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Although Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén is very near to the type locality, populations of the species have not been reported from this protected area; there might be a need to extend the boundaries of this park to include the known type locality. The species is protected by national legislation in Peru. Further surveys are needed to determine the current population status of the species, and captive-breeding programmes might be required to ensure its persistence.

Conservation Actions:

Although Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén is very near to the type locality, populations of the species have not been reported from this protected area; there might be a need to extend the boundaries of this park to include the known type locality. The species is protected by national legislation in Peru. Further surveys are needed to determine the current population status of the species, and captive-breeding programmes might be required to ensure its persistence.

Citation:	Javier Icochea, Edgar Lehr, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Stefan Lötters 2004. Ameerega planipaleae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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