Osteocephalus alboguttatus
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
HYLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Osteocephalus alboguttatus |
| Species Authority: |
(Boulenger, 1882) |
| Synonym/s: |
Hyla alboguttata Boulenger, 1882
Osteocephalus alboguttata Boulenger, 1882
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2004 |
| Assessor/s: |
Ana Almendáriz, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron |
| Reviewer/s: |
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
| Contributor/s: |
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern since, although its Extent of Occurrence is probably less than 20,000km2, it is common and adaptable with a presumed large population, and it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
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Geographic Range
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Population
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| Population: |
It is a locally abundant species.
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| Population Trend: |
Stable
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It inhabits Eastern Cordillera real montane forest and Napo moist forests in the Eastern Tropical Altitudinal Zone. At Santa Cecilia, although it was found in a wide variety of habitats including clearings, banana groves, swamps, and primary forest, most individuals were in secondary growth forest, where they were found on low vegetation at night. It is a larval developer.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
Agriculture, both crops and livestock, as well as logging, are major threats to the species’ habitat.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
Its range includes Parque Nacional Yasuni and Reserva Biólogica Limoncocha.
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