Aromobates haydeeae

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	AROMOBATIDAE

Scientific Name:

Aromobates haydeeae

Species Authority:

(Rivero, 1976)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Sapito De Niebla De Haydee

Synonym/s:

Colostethus haydeeae Rivero, 1976

Nephelobates haydeeae (Rivero, 1976)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii,v)+2ab(iii,v) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Enrique La Marca, Juan Elías García-Pérez
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Endangered, because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 5,000 km2 and its Area of Occupancy is less than 500 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat, and in the number of mature individuals.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from the Venezuelan Andean states of western Mérida and eastern Táchira. It has been recorded between 1,825 and 2,670m asl.
Countries:	Native: Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	It is an uncommon species and is in decline.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in clear, fast-flowing streams in Andean cloud forests, and in the puddles alongside the streams, and is sometimes hidden inside introduced "kikuyo" pasture grasses (Pennisetum clandestinum). The eggs are laid on land and the male protects the eggs. When they are hatched, the male carries the larvae on his back to water where they develop further.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Most of the species' original habitat has now been lost to agricultural activities (involving livestock and crops), and the remaining habitat is severely fragmented.

Major Threat(s):

Most of the species' original habitat has now been lost to agricultural activities (involving livestock and crops), and the remaining habitat is severely fragmented.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species' range may be partially within Parque Nacional Los Paramos. Continued and strengthened management of this area, and expansion of the existing protected areas network to include other tracts of montane forest habitat in the Venezuelan Andes, are necessary.

Conservation Actions:

The species' range may be partially within Parque Nacional Los Paramos. Continued and strengthened management of this area, and expansion of the existing protected areas network to include other tracts of montane forest habitat in the Venezuelan Andes, are necessary.

Citation:	Enrique La Marca, Juan Elías García-Pérez 2004. Aromobates haydeeae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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