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Hyloxalus ramosi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA DENDROBATIDAE

Scientific Name: Hyloxalus ramosi
Species Authority: (Silverstone, 1971)
Synonym/s:
Colostethus ramosi Silverstone, 1971

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Taran Grant, John Lynch
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 from two locations: the type locality of San Rafael, in Antioquia Department, and from Caldas Department, both in Colombia, from 1,200-1,340m asl, and it might occur more widely.
Countries:
Native:
Colombia
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Population [top]

Population: It is probably an uncommon species, which is still only known from four specimens, with two collected at each of the two known localities.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It lives in the leaf-litter of forests, although the exact habitat is not known. Its breeding habits are unknown (although the larvae are likely to develop in streams).
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The major threats to this species are unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Its range does not include a protected area. More research into its extent of occurrence, ecological requirements and population status is needed.
Citation: Taran Grant, John Lynch 2004. Hyloxalus ramosi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 May 2013.
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