Anomaloglossus roraima

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	AROMOBATIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(La Marca, 1997)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Sapito Ninera Del Roraima

Synonym/s:

Colostethus roraima La Marca, 1997

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Enrique La Marca, Celsa Señaris
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.

Range Description:	This species is known only from the top of Mount Roraima, in Bolívar State in south-eastern Venezuela, at an altitude of 2,700m asl.
Countries:	Native: Venezuela
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Population:	Nothing is known about the population status of this species, which is known only from a single specimen.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology:	The only known specimen was captured inside mosses covering the rocks on the walls of Mount Roraima. This is a rocky environment very close to the top of the tepui.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Disturbance of its habitat by tourists is a major threat.

Major Threat(s):

Disturbance of its habitat by tourists is a major threat.

Conservation Actions:	It is known from a single protected area, the type locality being located within Parque Nacional Canaima.

Conservation Actions:

It is known from a single protected area, the type locality being located within Parque Nacional Canaima.

Citation:	Enrique La Marca, Celsa Señaris 2004. Anomaloglossus roraima. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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