Ameerega smaragdina

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 smaragdina

Species Authority:

(Silverstone, 1976)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Emerald Poison Frog
Spanish	–	Rana Venenosa

Synonym/s:

Ameerega smaragdinus (Silverstone, 1976)

Epipedobates smaragdinus (Silverstone, 1976)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Javier Icochea, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Robert Reynolds, Ariadne Angulo
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 only from the type locality, Río Iscozacín (a tributary of the Río Palcazú, in the Pachitea drainage), Pasco Department, Peru, at 400m asl. While it is not believed to be endemic to a specific area, recent surveys in nearby areas have not revealed this species (Icochea pers comm).
Countries:	Native: Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	It is presumed to be very rare, and it is 30 years since it was last recorded.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species has been collected in lowland tropical rainforest. There is no information on its breeding habits, although the larvae presumably develop in water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is threatened by habitat loss due to agricultural activities taking place within its range. The type locality was converted to agricultural use, and there is also dense cattle ranching.

Major Threat(s):

It is threatened by habitat loss due to agricultural activities taking place within its range. The type locality was converted to agricultural use, and there is also dense cattle ranching.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It was known to occur in the buffer zone of the Bosque de Protección San Matías-San Carlos, but a species conservation programme is urgently needed.

Conservation Actions:

It was known to occur in the buffer zone of the Bosque de Protección San Matías-San Carlos, but a species conservation programme is urgently needed.

Citation:	Javier Icochea, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Robert Reynolds, Ariadne Angulo 2004. Ameerega smaragdina. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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