Aromobates saltuensis

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	AROMOBATIDAE

Scientific Name:

Aromobates saltuensis

Species Authority:

(Rivero, 1980)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Sapito Ninera Silvatico

Synonym/s:

Colostethus saltuensis Rivero, 1978

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Enrique La Marca, Juan Elías García-Pérez

Reviewer/s:

Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Endangered because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 5,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat.

History:

2004

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Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Until recently, this species was only known from the type locality at 830m asl, on the road from La Fria to Michelena, in Táchira State, Venezuela, although another population was found close by at a slightly higher elevation (about 1,500m asl). More recently, an additional locality was found along the piedmont of the Cordillera de Mérida. It may occur in suitable habitat in the near vicinity (E. La Marca, pers. comm. 2008).
Countries:	Native: Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	Some populations are still found along the Andean piedmont facing Lake Maracaibo. Recent field work has revealed several populations with numerous individuals (E. La Marca, pers. comm. 2008).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in humid lower montane Andean forests. The eggs are laid on land and the male protects the eggs until they hatch when he carries the larvae on his back to water, where they develop further.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The main threat is habitat loss and degradation due to agriculture, involving both crops and livestock, as well as logging, water pollution, and infrastructure development for human settlement. The species' area of occurrence is subject to strong anthropogenic pressure (E. La Marca, pers. comm. 2008).

Major Threat(s):

The main threat is habitat loss and degradation due to agriculture, involving both crops and livestock, as well as logging, water pollution, and infrastructure development for human settlement. The species' area of occurrence is subject to strong anthropogenic pressure (E. La Marca, pers. comm. 2008).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It does not occur in any protected areas, and some form of formal protection is urgently required to conserve the habitat of this species.

Conservation Actions:

It does not occur in any protected areas, and some form of formal protection is urgently required to conserve the habitat of this species.

Citation:	Enrique La Marca, Juan Elías García-Pérez 2010. Aromobates saltuensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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