Cryptobatrachus nicefori

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	HEMIPHRACTIDAE

Scientific Name:	Cryptobatrachus nicefori
Species Authority:	Cochran and Goin, 1970
Taxonomic Notes:	Many researchers doubt the validity of this species. The single specimen might belong in the genus Hyla. This genus has recently been moved from the family Hylidae (Faivovich et al. 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	María Cristina Ardila-Robayo, Jose Vicente Rueda
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Critically Endangered because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 100 km2 and its Area Of Occupancy is less than 10km2, all individuals are in a single location, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat at La Salina, Colombia.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality: La Salina, Boyacá Department, Colombia, at 1,450m asl.
Countries:	Possibly extinct: Colombia
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information on the population status of this species; it is known only from the single type specimen. Surveys in the region of the type locality have not produced any individuals.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There is no information on the habitat and ecology of this species. However, like other members of its genus, it is probably associated with streams and waterfalls in montane forest. The eggs are carried on the back of the female, where they develop directly without a larval stage.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The region where this species occurs has been severely affected by mining for salt production, and all possible suitable remaining habitat for this taxon has been destroyed at the type locality.

Major Threat(s):

The region where this species occurs has been severely affected by mining for salt production, and all possible suitable remaining habitat for this taxon has been destroyed at the type locality.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Additional survey work is urgently required to determine whether or not it still survives in the wild, although further taxonomic research is also needed to ascertain whether or not it is a valid species or not.

Conservation Actions:

Additional survey work is urgently required to determine whether or not it still survives in the wild, although further taxonomic research is also needed to ascertain whether or not it is a valid species or not.

Citation:	María Cristina Ardila-Robayo, Jose Vicente Rueda 2004. Cryptobatrachus nicefori. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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