Pristimantis crenunguis

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 crenunguis
Species Authority:	(Lynch, 1976)
Synonym/s:	Eleutherodactylus crenunguis Lynch, 1976

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Ana Almendáriz
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 the Ecuadorian Andes

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from more than ten locations in the vicinity of Pilalo on the Pacific slope of the Cordillera Occidental in central Ecuador, where it has been recorded from 760-2,486m asl.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population:	It is not an uncommon species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Individuals have been found on low vegetation along, or on banks of, streams at night (Lynch and Duellman 1997) in montane forest. It breeds by direct development, and the eggs are laid in leaf-litter.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Agriculture, both crops and livestock, as well as logging, are major threats to the species’ habitat. Some other species of Eleutherodactylus that are associated with montane streams have undergone dramatic declines and disappearances, possibly due to chytridiomycosis, so the status of this species should be monitored carefully.

Major Threat(s):

Agriculture, both crops and livestock, as well as logging, are major threats to the species’ habitat. Some other species of Eleutherodactylus that are associated with montane streams have undergone dramatic declines and disappearances, possibly due to chytridiomycosis, so the status of this species should be monitored carefully.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Its range is not included in any protected areas, and there is an urgent need for the protection of the montane forest habitat of this species.

Conservation Actions:

Its range is not included in any protected areas, and there is an urgent need for the protection of the montane forest habitat of this species.

Citation:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Ana Almendáriz 2004. Pristimantis crenunguis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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