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Hyloxalus saltuarius

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA DENDROBATIDAE

Scientific Name: Hyloxalus saltuarius
Species Authority: (Grant and Ardila-Robayo, 2002)
Synonym/s:
Colostethus saltuarius Grant and Ardila-Robayo, 2002

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: María Cristina Ardila-Robayo, Jose Vicente Rueda
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been described, and there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known only from Parque Nacional Natural Cordillera Los Picachos, in the eastern Andean Cordillera, Caquetá Department, Colombia, at 1,600m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Colombia
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Population [top]

Population: It was abundant until 1998. One visit in 2000 found several individuals, but there have been no more visits to the site.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species lives on forest floors of premontane humid forest. Its reproductive mode is not known, but the larvae are likely to develop in streams.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): There are no known threats to this species, which occurs in a guerrilla stronghold where there is no anthropogenic habitat disturbance.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in at least one protected area: Parque Nacional Natural Cordillera Los Picachos.
Citation: María Cristina Ardila-Robayo, Jose Vicente Rueda 2004. Hyloxalus saltuarius. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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