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Hyloxalus maquipucuna

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	DENDROBATIDAE

Scientific Name:	Hyloxalus maquipucuna
Species Authority:	(Coloma, 1995)
Synonym/s:	Colostethus maquipucuna Coloma, 1995

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
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Justification: Listed as Data Deficient in view of the absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality, Maquipucuna, Pichincha Province, Ecuador, at approximately 1,800m asl.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population:	It has not been seen since the original discovery around 1990; recent searches in the type locality and the entire surrounding region have failed to locate any other individuals (although the sampling effort might have been insufficient).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species was recorded from a cloud forest stream. Its reproductive mode has not been documented, but the larvae presumably develop in streams.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

The area where this species was recorded is not currently threatened by forest destruction.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

It was found in the private Reserva Maquipucuna, affording it protection of its habitat.

Citation:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron 2004. Hyloxalus maquipucuna. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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