Nymphargus cochranae

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	CENTROLENIDAE

Scientific Name:	Nymphargus cochranae
Species Authority:	(Goin, 1961)
Synonym/s:	Cochranella cochranae (Goin, 1961) Cochranella cochranae (Goin, 1961)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Diego Almeida

Reviewer/s:

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

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat on the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes.

History:

2004

–

Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found on the lower Amazonian slopes of the Andes in northern and southern Ecuador (Sucumbios, Pastaza and Zamora Chinchipe Departments), at elevations of 1,100-1,600m asl. It might occur a little more widely.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is noted as being uncommon across most of its range.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in montane rainforest along streams with steep gradients (Lynch and Duellman, 1973). Reproduction is presumed to occur via eggs laid on vegetation, with the tadpoles developing in the water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat destruction and degradation is a threat to this species, mainly as a result of smallholder farming activities and clear-cutting of forests. Predictions suggest that, in Ecuador, almost half of the habitats suitable for this species have been deforested (Cisneros-Heredia, 2008).

Major Threat(s):

Habitat destruction and degradation is a threat to this species, mainly as a result of smallholder farming activities and clear-cutting of forests. Predictions suggest that, in Ecuador, almost half of the habitats suitable for this species have been deforested (Cisneros-Heredia, 2008).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Its distribution range overlaps with Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo-Galeras, Reserva Ecológica Antisana, Parque Nacional Podocarpus and Parque Nacional Llanganates.

Conservation Actions:

Its distribution range overlaps with Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo-Galeras, Reserva Ecológica Antisana, Parque Nacional Podocarpus and Parque Nacional Llanganates.

Citation:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Diego Almeida 2010. Nymphargus cochranae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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