Epipedobates machalilla

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	DENDROBATIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Coloma, 1995)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Rana Nodriza De Machalilla

Synonym/s:

Colostethus machalilla Coloma, 1995

Red List Category & Criteria:	Near Threatened ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Mario Yánez-Muñoz, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Ana Almendáriz
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Near Threatened because this species is probably in significant decline (but probably at a rate of less than 30% over ten years) because of widespread habitat loss through much of its range, thus making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable.

Range Description:	This species is known from more than ten localities in the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador in the provinces of El Oro, Los Ríos, Bolívar, Guayas, Azogues, and Manabí, from 10-515m asl (Parker and Carr 1992; Coloma 1995).
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Population:	It is not an uncommon species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabits tropical thicket and thorny scrub and very dry tropical forest (Coloma 1995). It lays its eggs on land, and the larvae are then carried to water by the adults where they develop further.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	The major threats to the species are agriculture, involving cultivation of crops and rearing of livestock, and logging.

Major Threat(s):

The major threats to the species are agriculture, involving cultivation of crops and rearing of livestock, and logging.

Conservation Actions:	Its geographic range overlaps with Parque Nacional Machalilla and the Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute. It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

Its geographic range overlaps with Parque Nacional Machalilla and the Reserva Ecológica Manglares Churute. It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

Citation:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Mario Yánez-Muñoz, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Ana Almendáriz 2004. Epipedobates machalilla. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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