Pristimantis cabrerai

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	STRABOMANTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pristimantis cabrerai

Species Authority:

(Cochran & Goin, 1970)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Rana Camuflada

Synonym/s:

Eleutherodactylus cabrerai Cochran & Goin, 1970

Eleutherodactylus surdus Cochran & Goin, 1970 subspecies cabrerai

Taxonomic Notes:

Mention of this species by Kattan (1984) refers to P. capitonis.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, John Lynch
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 on the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from the departments of Antioquia and Caldas on the Cordillera Occidental of the Colombian Andes from 1,140 -1,940m asl. Cochran (1970) recorded one individual from Valle de Cauca Cisneros below 500m asl, but Lynch (1997, 1998b) and Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Lynch (1996) did not consider this to be a valid record. Probably by mistake, Acosta-Galvis (2000) included Valle del Cauca in its distribution.
Countries:	Native: Colombia
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Population [top]

Population:	It is not a common species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is found among fallen leaves, and branches and leaves of low herbaceous vegetation in secondary montane forest and mature forests. It breeds by direct development. It has not been recorded outside forest habitat.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss due to agricultural development (including the planting of illegal crops) is the main threat to the species outside protected areas.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss due to agricultural development (including the planting of illegal crops) is the main threat to the species outside protected areas.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Parque Nacional Natural Orquideas, but there is a need to strengthen and expand the existing coverage of protected areas in the Colombian Andes.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Parque Nacional Natural Orquideas, but there is a need to strengthen and expand the existing coverage of protected areas in the Colombian Andes.

Citation:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, John Lynch 2004. Pristimantis cabrerai. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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