Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum
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Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
CENTROLENIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum |
| Species Authority: |
(Barrera-Rodriguez & Ruíz-Carranza, 1989) |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Near Threatened
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2010 |
| Assessor/s: |
Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Fernando Castro, Taran Grant |
| Reviewer/s: |
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
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Justification:
Listed as Near Threatened because its Extent of Occurrence is probably not much greater than 20,000 km2, and its habitat is in decline, thus making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable.
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| History: |
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
This species is known from the departments of Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Chocó and Antioquia on the western flank of the western Andes, in Colombia, between 45 and 1,570m asl, from the provinces of Esmeralda and Imbabura, in Ecuador, and from the eastern cordilleras in the south-west of Darién Province in Panama. |
| Countries: |
Native: Colombia; Ecuador (Ecuador (mainland)); Panama |
| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
It is a very common species.
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It occurs in lowland primary and secondary rainforests, and sub-Andean forests, on vegetation next to streams. It lays its eggs on the lower surface of leaves and when hatched the larvae fall into the stream below.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
Localized threats to this species are habitat fragmentation and loss due to the expansion of agriculture, including the cultivation of illegal crops, and water pollution.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
Its range includes Parque Nacional de Las Orquídeas and Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali in Colombia, and Parque Nacional Darién in Panama.
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