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Allobates alessandroi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA AROMOBATIDAE

Scientific Name: Allobates alessandroi
Species Authority: (Grant & Rodríguez, 2001)
Synonym/s:
Colostethus alessandroi Grant & Rodríguez, 2001

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Javier Icochea, Taran Grant, Wilfredo Arizabal
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient as it has been recently described, there is an absence of information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is currently known only from two localities: San Pedro, Cosnipata (Cuzco Department), and San Gaban (Puno Department) in south-eastern Peru. Its altitudinal range is 820-1,480m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Peru
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Population [top]

Population: It is uncommon.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This is a diurnal, riparian species of primary cloud and montane forest, which presumably lays terrestrial eggs, with the larvae then being transported to streams for development.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): In San Gaban it is mainly affected by agricultural activities (mosty smallholder cultivation of coffee).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: A locality recorded for Cuzco is within Parque Nacional Manu.
Citation: Javier Icochea, Taran Grant, Wilfredo Arizabal 2004. Allobates alessandroi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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