Aromobates nocturnus

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	AROMOBATIDAE

Scientific Name:

Aromobates nocturnus

Species Authority:

Myers, Paolillo O. & Daly, 1991

Common Name/s:

English	–	Skunk Frog
Spanish	–	Sapito Oloroso Nocturno, Sapo Mapurite

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered A2a; B2ab(v) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Enrique La Marca, Juan Elías García-Pérez

Reviewer/s:

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

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered because of a drastic population decline, estimated to be more than 80% over the last ten years, inferred from the apparent disappearance of most of the population; and because its Area of Occupancy is less than 10km2, all individuals are in a single location, and there is continuing decline in the number of mature individuals.

History:

2004

–

Critically Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality: about 2km ESE by air from Agua de Obispo, in the state of Trujillo, Venezuela, at 2,250m asl (9.42'N, 70.05'W).
Countries:	Possibly extinct: Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a very rare species that appears to have declined. Several attempts to find it in recent years have failed, and it is still known only from the time it was first described.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in small cold-water streams in cloud forest. The eggs are laid on land and the male protects the eggs. When hatched the male carries the larvae on his back to water where they develop further.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss and degradation due to agriculture (both crops and livestock) and road construction, is the major threat to the species. The locality is near the headwaters of a stream and thus could have been affected by a drought in the past. The species could also potentially be affected by disease, such as chytridiomycosis.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss and degradation due to agriculture (both crops and livestock) and road construction, is the major threat to the species. The locality is near the headwaters of a stream and thus could have been affected by a drought in the past. The species could also potentially be affected by disease, such as chytridiomycosis.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There is a population within Parque Nacional Dinira. Surveys are urgently needed to determine the population status of this species as well as some of its threats.

Conservation Actions:

There is a population within Parque Nacional Dinira. Surveys are urgently needed to determine the population status of this species as well as some of its threats.

Citation:	Enrique La Marca, Juan Elías García-Pérez 2010. Aromobates nocturnus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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