Aromobates molinarii

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 molinarii

Species Authority:

(La Marca, 1985)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Sapito De Niebla De Molinari

Synonym/s:

Nephelobates molinarii (La Marca, 1985)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1ab(ii,iii)+2ab(ii,iii) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

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 its area of occupancy and in the extent and quality of its habitat.

History:

2004

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Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is only known from a single zone near Bailadores, in Mérida State, Venezuela, at an altitude of 1,800-2,600m asl.
Countries:	Native: Venezuela
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Population [top]

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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabits dry evergreen montane forest, where it lives along slow-flowing streams. 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):	Habitat destruction and degradation, caused primarily by intensive agriculture, has reduced the area of occupancy of this species to less than 10km².

Major Threat(s):

Habitat destruction and degradation, caused primarily by intensive agriculture, has reduced the area of occupancy of this species to less than 10km².

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Its range does not include any protected areas, although it is possible that it might occur in Parque Nacional Páramos El Batallón y La Negra. Continued and strengthened management of this area, and expansion of the existing protected areas network to include other montane forest habitat in the Venezuelan Andes, are necessary.

Conservation Actions:

Its range does not include any protected areas, although it is possible that it might occur in Parque Nacional Páramos El Batallón y La Negra. Continued and strengthened management of this area, and expansion of the existing protected areas network to include other montane forest habitat in the Venezuelan Andes, are necessary.

Citation:	Enrique La Marca, Juan Elías García-Pérez 2010. Aromobates molinarii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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