Vitreorana antisthenesi

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:

Vitreorana antisthenesi

Species Authority:

(Goin, 1963)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Ranita De Cristal De Rancho Grande

Synonym/s:

Cochranella antisthenesi Goin (1963)

Hyalinobatrachium antisthenesi (Goin, 1963)

Taxonomic Notes:

Recently transferred from Hyalinobatrachium to Cochranella by Cisneros-Heredia and McDiarmid (2007).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Enrique La Marca, Jesús Manzanilla, Celsa Señaris
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 in the Venezuelan coastal range.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from the northern versants of the Venezuelan Coastal Range, in the central region, and from the Cerro Azul, in Cojedes State, in the Serranía del interior. It has an altitudinal range between 220 and 1,200m asl.
Countries:	Native: Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	The current population status of this species is not known.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in cloud forests and gallery forests. It lays its eggs on either side of leaves overhanging streams, and when hatched the larvae fall into the stream below where they develop further.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Threats to this species are unknown, but the main threat is likely to be habitat loss due to smallholder farming activities, logging, burning, and human settlements. The Venezuelan Coastal Range is a highly modified habitat.

Major Threat(s):

Threats to this species are unknown, but the main threat is likely to be habitat loss due to smallholder farming activities, logging, burning, and human settlements. The Venezuelan Coastal Range is a highly modified habitat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Some populations are within the Parque Nacional Henri Pittier and Rancho Grande in Aragua State. Further survey work is needed to determine the population status of this species.

Conservation Actions:

Some populations are within the Parque Nacional Henri Pittier and Rancho Grande in Aragua State. Further survey work is needed to determine the population status of this species.

Citation:	Enrique La Marca, Jesús Manzanilla, Celsa Señaris 2004. Vitreorana antisthenesi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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