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Anomaloglossus stepheni

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA AROMOBATIDAE

Scientific Name: Anomaloglossus stepheni
Species Authority: (Martins, 1990)
Synonym/s:
Colostethus stepheni Martins, 1990

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known only from the Manaus region, Balbin, Amazonas state, Brazil. It is probably more widely spread.
Countries:
Native:
Brazil
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Population [top]

Population: It is abundant and the population is stable.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It lives in the leaf-litter of old growth and secondary tropical rainforest. It lays its eggs on land, and the larvae also develop on land.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Deforestation is a threat to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Conservation units are present within its range.
Citation: Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos 2004. Anomaloglossus stepheni. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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