Hyloxalus peculiaris

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 peculiaris
Species Authority:	(Rivero, 1991)
Synonym/s:	Colostethus peculiaris 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
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 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, Pailas, an indigenous village between Sevilla del Oro and Méndez on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Morona Santiago Province, southern Ecuador, at an altitude of 2,195m asl. It might occur more widely, but the survey effort has been insufficient to confirm this.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information on the population status of this species, which has apparently not been recorded since the four specimens of the type series were collected in 1962.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in cloud forest, where annual mean precipitation is 1000-2,000mm and annual mean temperature is 18-24°C. Its reproductive mode and its tolerance to habitat disturbance are unknown, but the larvae probably develop in streams. It occurs in parapatry with Colostethus anthracinus, the range of which is close to the type locality of C. peculiaris, but they have not been collected sympatrically.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Habitat and Ecology:

It occurs in cloud forest, where annual mean precipitation is 1000-2,000mm and annual mean temperature is 18-24°C. Its reproductive mode and its tolerance to habitat disturbance are unknown, but the larvae probably develop in streams. It occurs in parapatry with Colostethus anthracinus, the range of which is close to the type locality of C. peculiaris, but they have not been collected sympatrically.

Systems:

Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat to this species is habitat destruction and degradation due to agricultural development and logging. By 1996, the forest at the type locality was observed to be fragmented.

Major Threat(s):

The major threat to this species is habitat destruction and degradation due to agricultural development and logging. By 1996, the forest at the type locality was observed to be fragmented.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It does not occur in any protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It does not occur in any protected areas.

Citation:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Taran Grant 2004. Hyloxalus peculiaris. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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