Dendropsophus ebraccatus

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	HYLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Dendropsophus ebraccatus
Species Authority:	(Cope, 1874)
Synonym/s:	Hyla weyerae Taylor, 1954
Taxonomic Notes:	This species was previously within the genus Hyla but has recently been moved to the resurrected genus Dendropsophus (Faivovich, et al., 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Karl-Heinz Jungfer, John Lynch, Manuel Morales, Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, Georgina Santos-Barrera, Gerardo Chaves, Federico Bolaños, Javier Sunyer

Reviewer/s:

Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

History:

2004

–

Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found on the Caribbean and Gulf coasts of southern Mexico, south into Chiapas, northern Guatemala, and Belize. Further, south, the range is discontinuous with one or two localities in Honduras, several known localities in Nicaragua and then continuous from Costa Rica through Panama to Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. In Colombia, it occurs in the Pacific lowlands and on the western slopes on the Cordillera Occidental, as well as around northern edge of Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Central to the western slopes of the Cordillera Oriental (in Santander Department). It occurs from sea level up to 1,600m asl.
Countries:	Native: Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is common to abundant in suitable habitat throughout its range, though is less common in Ecuador.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a species of humid tropical forest, including primary and secondary forest and forest edge, but also in heavily disturbed areas where most of the forest has been removed. The eggs are placed on leaves overhanging temporary (and sometimes permanent) pools; the tadpoles develop in water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is very adaptable, and has been found in very open landscapes in Costa Rica (Federico Bolaños pers. comm.). The major threats are likely to be deforestation for agricultural development, illegal crops, logging, and human settlement, and pollution resulting from the spraying of illegal crops.

Major Threat(s):

It is very adaptable, and has been found in very open landscapes in Costa Rica (Federico Bolaños pers. comm.). The major threats are likely to be deforestation for agricultural development, illegal crops, logging, and human settlement, and pollution resulting from the spraying of illegal crops.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in many protected areas throughout its range.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in many protected areas throughout its range.

Citation:	Karl-Heinz Jungfer, John Lynch, Manuel Morales, Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, Georgina Santos-Barrera, Gerardo Chaves, Federico Bolaños, Javier Sunyer 2010. Dendropsophus ebraccatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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