Osteocephalus leprieurii

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:

Osteocephalus leprieurii

Species Authority:

(Duméril and Bibron, 1841)

Common Name/s:

French

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Ostéocéphale De Leprieur

Synonym/s:

Osteocephalus ayarzaguenai Gorzula and Señaris, 1997 "1996"

Taxonomic Notes:

A taxonomic revision of this species is needed. We follow Jungfer and Hödl (2002) in considering Osteocephalus ayarzaguenai Gorzula and Señaris, 1997 "1996", to be a synonym of O. leprieurii.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Enrique La Marca, Robert Reynolds, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Abraham Mijares, Celsa Señaris

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

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Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species can be found in the Amazon basin, in the Guianas and the upper Amazon Basin in Venezuela (Amazonas and Bolivar states), Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil. A dot-map of distribution in French Guiana is provided in Lescure and Marty (2001). This species has an altitudinal range of sea level to 860m asl.
Countries:	Native: Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	This species can be considered as uncommon to common. It is not frequent in French Guiana (Lescure and Marty, 2001).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is in an arboreal species found in primary and secondary forests (often along rivers) and border of forest, usually at heights of up to 1.5m. It is associated with savannahs in Suriname. For reproduction, the species employs temporary ponds.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Although there are no major threats to this species, it is threatened locally in Venezuela by illegal mining, and water pollution from the mining is a threat to the species' habitat.

Major Threat(s):

Although there are no major threats to this species, it is threatened locally in Venezuela by illegal mining, and water pollution from the mining is a threat to the species' habitat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Some populations are within protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

Some populations are within protected areas.

Citation:	Enrique La Marca, Robert Reynolds, Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Abraham Mijares, Celsa Señaris 2010. Osteocephalus leprieurii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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