Ameerega cainarachi

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:

Ameerega cainarachi

Species Authority:

(Schulte, 1989)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Cainarachi Poison Frog
Spanish	–	Rana Venenosa

Synonym/s:

Epipedobates ardens Jungfer, 1989

Epipedobates cainarachi Schulte, 1989

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Javier Icochea, Karl-Heinz Jungfer
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because its Area of Occupancy is less than 20,000 km2, it is known from fewer than ten locations, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality and adjacent areas including the Tarapoto-Yurimaguas road (San Martín Department) in Peru. It probably occurs more widely than is currently known. It has been recorded up to 600m asl.
Countries:	Native: Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	There is nothing known about the population status of this species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabits lowland tropical moist forest and "rolling hills", and can be found in primary and possibly slightly degraded habitats. The breeding habitat is not known, although the larvae are presumably deposited in water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat is the loss of forest habitat through agriculture (coffee), livestock production, and subsistence wood collection. The species has not been recorded from international trade.

Major Threat(s):

The major threat is the loss of forest habitat through agriculture (coffee), livestock production, and subsistence wood collection. The species has not been recorded from international trade.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not recorded from any protected areas. Improved habitat protection is required at sites where this species is known to occur.

Conservation Actions:

It is not recorded from any protected areas. Improved habitat protection is required at sites where this species is known to occur.

Citation:	Javier Icochea, Karl-Heinz Jungfer 2004. Ameerega cainarachi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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