Ameerega trivittata

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 trivittata

Species Authority:

(Spix, 1824)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Sapito Dardo Trilistado

Synonym/s:

Ameerega trivittatus (Spix, 1824)

Epipedobates trivittatus (Spix, 1824)

Taxonomic Notes:

Ameerega peruviridis has been identified as a colour variant of Ameerega trivittata (Frost, 2007).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Débora Silvano, César Luis Barrio Amorós
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 occurs below 500m asl in Bolívar state, Venezuela, and also in Guyana, Suriname and in the Amazon basin of Colombia, Brazil, Peru and northwestern Bolivia. Although the species range map in Walls (1994) depicts the species in French Guiana, a recent work by Lescure and Marty (2001) does not include this taxon for that country.
Countries:	Native: Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population:	It is common throughout its range.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a diurnal and terrestrial species that is found in old and second growth tropical rainforests on the forest floor. The eggs are laid in the litter and the tadpoles are carried on the back to temporary pools.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Deforestation is a threat to this species. It is sometimes found in the international pet trade but at levels that do not currently constitute a major threat.

Major Threat(s):

Deforestation is a threat to this species. It is sometimes found in the international pet trade but at levels that do not currently constitute a major threat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in several protected areas in its range, except for in Venezuela and Guyana.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in several protected areas in its range, except for in Venezuela and Guyana.

Citation:	Enrique La Marca, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Débora Silvano, César Luis Barrio Amorós 2004. Ameerega trivittata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 June 2013.
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