Nymphargus oreonympha

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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 oreonympha

Species Authority:

(Ruíz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991)

Common Name(s):

English

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Caqueta Cochran Frog

Synonym(s):

Cochranella oreonympha Ruíz-Carranza & Lynch, 1991

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.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Date Assessed:	2004-04-30
Annotations:	Needs updating
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.

Geographic Range [top]

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 [top]

Population:

It is rare, but it has not been surveyed for since 1992.

Current Population Trend:

Unknown

Additional data:

♦ Population severely fragmented:	No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

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

Threats [top]

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.

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 [top]

Conservation Actions:	It does not occur in any protected areas.

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 28 June 2017.
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