Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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Animalia | Chordata | Amphibia | Anura | Centrolenidae |
Scientific Name: | Nymphargus oreonympha (Ruíz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991) | |||
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Synonym(s): |
Cochranella oreonympha Ruíz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991
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Taxonomic Source(s): | Frost, D.R. 2013. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.6 (9 January 2013). Electronic Database. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Available at: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. |
Red List Category & Criteria: | Data Deficient ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2004 |
Date Assessed: | 2004-04-30 |
Annotations: |
Needs updating
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Assessor(s): | Jose Vicente Rueda, John Lynch |
Reviewer(s): | Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainties as to its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements. |
Range Description: | This species is known only from the type locality on the eastern flank of the Cordillera Oriental, Florencia, in Caquetá Department, Colombia, at 2,040-2,270m asl. |
Countries occurrence: | Native: Colombia |
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Population: | It is rare, but it has not been surveyed for since 1992. | ||
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Habitat and Ecology: | It occurs on vegetation near streams in cloud forest, including secondary forest. It lays its eggs on vegetation, and the larvae develop in streams. |
Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
Major Threat(s): | The main threat to this species is habitat loss caused by the expansion of cattle ranching and the cultivation of illegal crops. |
Conservation Actions: | It does not occur in any protected areas. |
Citation: | Jose Vicente Rueda, John Lynch. 2004. Nymphargus oreonympha. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T54977A11221580. . Downloaded on 20 April 2018. |
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