Aromobates orostoma

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 orostoma

Species Authority:

(Rivero, 1978)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Sapito De Niebla Tachirense

Synonym/s:

Nephelobates orostoma (Rivero, 1976)

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 known with certainty only from the type locality in Táchira State, Venezuela (Boca del Monte, Camino del Pregonero), from 2,300-2,800m asl. Other Táchira localities listed in Barrio (1999) are unconfirmed.
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 mountain streams in cloud forest. 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):	The major threats are agriculture, involving both crops and livestock, and agricultural pollution, and the area of occupancy of this species is now less than 20km².

Major Threat(s):

The major threats are agriculture, involving both crops and livestock, and agricultural pollution, and the area of occupancy of this species is now less than 20km².

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not known to occur in any protected areas, and protection of remaining tracts of forest habitat in the Venezuelan Andes is necessary.

Conservation Actions:

It is not known to occur in any protected areas, and protection of remaining tracts of forest habitat in the Venezuelan Andes is necessary.

Citation:	Enrique La Marca, Juan Elías García-Pérez 2010. Aromobates orostoma. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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