Phasmahyla exilis

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:	Phasmahyla exilis
Species Authority:	(Cruz, 1980)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Bruno Pimenta, Oswaldo Luiz Peixoto
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 relatively wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from three localities in eastern and southeastern Brazil: Santa Teresa (type locality) and Cariacica in the State of Espírito Santo; and Jussari in the State of Bahia. It presumably occurs between these areas, and can be expected to occur at least a little more widely.
Countries:	Native: Brazil
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Population [top]

Population:	It is very common where it occurs. At the type locality it appears to have experienced a significant decline (Eterovick, et al., 2005).
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a forest species that cannot tolerate serious deforestation. Eggs are laid on leaves overhanging streams, and when hatched they fall in to the stream below where they develop further.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threats are probably related to habitat loss due to agriculture, livestock grazing, and logging and human settlement.

Major Threat(s):

The major threats are probably related to habitat loss due to agriculture, livestock grazing, and logging and human settlement.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It has been recorded from two protected areas: Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra do Teimoso (Bahia); and Reserva Biólogica duas Bocas. Population monitoring is needed to determine wheter or not the species is in decline.

Conservation Actions:

It has been recorded from two protected areas: Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Serra do Teimoso (Bahia); and Reserva Biólogica duas Bocas. Population monitoring is needed to determine wheter or not the species is in decline.

Citation:	Bruno Pimenta, Oswaldo Luiz Peixoto 2004. Phasmahyla exilis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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