Ranitomeya duellmani

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	DENDROBATIDAE

Scientific Name:

Ranitomeya duellmani

Species Authority:

(Schulte, 1999)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Rana Venenosa De Jatunsacha

Synonym/s:

Dendrobates duellmani Schulte, 1999

Taxonomic Notes:

There are taxonomic issues associated with this species largely because the type was described from a photograph in Rodríguez and Duellman (1994).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Javier Icochea, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Ana Almendáriz, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Karl-Heinz Jungfer
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, 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 recently described from northern Peru (Departamento: Loreto) and the eastern lowlands of Ecuador. Its altitudinal range is from 200-500m asl.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador; Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	It is an uncommon species.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Found in primary lowland tropical rainforest on leaf-litter. This small diurnal frog is most frequently seen on logs or among leaf-litter in humid forest. Presumed to deposit larvae in bromeilads, this requires confirmation. Not present in modified habitats.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No major threats, a widespread species with large areas of suitable habitat remaining. There is some localized loss of primary forest. The impact of the pet trade on this species is not known. It is believed not to be a popular species, and is little traded. There is no official trade of the species from Peru or Ecuador; illegal exports of this species are thought to have occurred from Ecuador.

Major Threat(s):

No major threats, a widespread species with large areas of suitable habitat remaining. There is some localized loss of primary forest. The impact of the pet trade on this species is not known. It is believed not to be a popular species, and is little traded. There is no official trade of the species from Peru or Ecuador; illegal exports of this species are thought to have occurred from Ecuador.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	In Ecuador, its geographic range overlaps with Parque Nacional Yasuní. In Peru it is present in Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu Tahuayo.

Conservation Actions:

In Ecuador, its geographic range overlaps with Parque Nacional Yasuní. In Peru it is present in Reserva Comunal Tamshiyacu Tahuayo.

Citation:	Javier Icochea, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Ana Almendáriz, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Karl-Heinz Jungfer 2004. Ranitomeya duellmani. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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