Allobates sanmartini

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:

Allobates sanmartini

Species Authority:

(Rivero, Langone & Prigione, 1986)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Sapito Ninera De San Martin

Synonym/s:

Colostethus sanmartini Rivero, Langone & Prigione, 1986

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Enrique La Marca, Celsa Señaris, Jesús Manzanilla
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 a single locality in Venezuelan Guyana: the village of Las Majadas, in Bolívar State, at the merging of the Caura and Orinoco Rivers. It has a very restricted range in a degraded environment, where it has been recorded from 100m asl.
Countries:	Native: Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	It is known from only two specimens, so nothing is known about its population status.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in semi-deciduous forests. Its breeding habits are unknown, although larvae presumably develop in water, as with other species of the genus.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threats to this species' habitat are agricultural development, both for crops and livestock, as well as infrastructure development for human settlements. Over-fishing is also a problem.

Major Threat(s):

The major threats to this species' habitat are agricultural development, both for crops and livestock, as well as infrastructure development for human settlements. Over-fishing is also a problem.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Its range does not include any protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

Its range does not include any protected areas.

Citation:	Enrique La Marca, Celsa Señaris, Jesús Manzanilla 2004. Allobates sanmartini. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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