Hyloxalus fuliginosus

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	DENDROBATIDAE

Scientific Name:

Hyloxalus fuliginosus

Species Authority:

(Jiménez de la Espada, 1870)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Sapito Ninera Ecuatorial

Synonym/s:

Colostethus fuliginosus (Jiménez de la Espada, 1871)

Taxonomic Notes:

This form probably contains a number of undescribed species, according to Rivero (1991).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Taran Grant, Manuel Morales
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
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 occurs on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes, in Napo Province, Ecuador, from 1,660-1,910m asl. Records from Colombia and Venezuela are in error (Ruiz-Carranza et al. 1996). In Ecuador, the sampling effort throughout the distribution range might be insufficient, and the known number of localities and its extent of occurrence are likely to increase with more sampling.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population:	There are no data available on the population status of this species, and there have been no recent records.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs along streams in cloud forest where the annual mean precipitation is 2,000-4,000mm and annual mean temperature is 18-24°C (Coloma 1995). Its level of tolerance to habitat disturbance is unclear, although it may tolerate some selective logging. Its reproductive mode is unknown, but the larvae are likely to develop in streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The main threat to this species is probably deforestation due to expansion of agriculture. It is also threatened by atmospheric and water pollution, and by invasive alien species.

Major Threat(s):

The main threat to this species is probably deforestation due to expansion of agriculture. It is also threatened by atmospheric and water pollution, and by invasive alien species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	In Ecuador, its range overlaps with Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo-Galeras, and possibly with the Reserva Ecológica Cayambe-Coca.

Conservation Actions:

In Ecuador, its range overlaps with Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo-Galeras, and possibly with the Reserva Ecológica Cayambe-Coca.

Citation:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Taran Grant, Manuel Morales 2004. Hyloxalus fuliginosus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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