Osteopilus crucialis

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:

Osteopilus crucialis

Species Authority:

(Harlan, 1826)

Common Name/s:

English

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Jamaican Snoring Frog

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Blair Hedges, Susan Koenig, Byron Wilson
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, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat in Jamaica.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to central Jamaica. It formerly occurred on the south-western coast, at an altitudinal range of sea level to 1,200m asl.
Countries:	Native: Jamaica
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Population [top]

Population:	There has been a decline in its abundance, and this species is now rarely encountered or heard calling, except in pockets of suitable habitat.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is found in mesic broadleaf woods and forests on tree trunks and in bromeliads; it requires large dead trees. Males call from hollows in branches and bromeliads, and eggs are laid in bromeliads. It is not found in significantly altered habitats but can be found in regenerating forests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is threatened by habitat degradation and deforestation due to agriculture, human settlements, development for tourist activities, and logging.

Major Threat(s):

It is threatened by habitat degradation and deforestation due to agriculture, human settlements, development for tourist activities, and logging.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in several forest reserves, but these do not guarantee the species' long-term protection, and increased management of these, and improved habitat protection, are necessary.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in several forest reserves, but these do not guarantee the species' long-term protection, and increased management of these, and improved habitat protection, are necessary.

Citation:	Blair Hedges, Susan Koenig, Byron Wilson 2004. Osteopilus crucialis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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