Gastrotheca espeletia

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:	Gastrotheca espeletia
Species Authority:	Duellman and Hillis, 1987
Taxonomic Notes:	This genus has recently been moved from the family Hylidae (Faivovich et al. 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Wilmar Bolívar, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron
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 a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs at elevations of 2,530-3,400m asl in a small area in the southern part of the Cordillera Central in Colombia (in the department of Narino) and in the Nudo de Pasto region in southern Colombia (also in the department of Narino) and northern Ecuador (Carchi Province).
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population:	It is common and is frequently encountered, although there are few recent records from Colombia (due to lack of survey effort).
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives on vegetation in sub-páramo bush land and montane forests, often close to streams with forest remnants. The female carries the eggs in a dorsal pouch, and the larvae are deposited in slow-moving or standing water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threats are deforestation for agricultural development (including the cultivation of illegal crops), logging, and human settlement, and pollution resulting from the spraying of illegal crops. Fire is probably also a problem in some places.

Major Threat(s):

The major threats are deforestation for agricultural development (including the cultivation of illegal crops), logging, and human settlement, and pollution resulting from the spraying of illegal crops. Fire is probably also a problem in some places.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not known from any protected areas, making the protection of its high-elevation sub-páramo and forest habitat a priority. Survey work is needed to establish the status of populations in Colombia.

Conservation Actions:

It is not known from any protected areas, making the protection of its high-elevation sub-páramo and forest habitat a priority. Survey work is needed to establish the status of populations in Colombia.

Citation:	Wilmar Bolívar, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron 2004. Gastrotheca espeletia. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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