Ischnocnema erythromera

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	BRACHYCEPHALIDAE

Scientific Name:	Ischnocnema erythromera
Species Authority:	(Heyer, 1984)
Synonym/s:	Eleutherodactylus erythromerus Heyer, 1984 Ischnocnema erythromerus Heyer, 1984

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz, Luciana Barreto Nascimento
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing uncertainties as to its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the vicinity of the type locality near Teresópolis, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, although it might range more widely. It occurs between 800-1,100m asl.
Countries:	Native: Brazil
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Population [top]

Population:	It is common.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occurs in the forest leaf-litter in primary and secondary forest and forest edges. It is presumably a species that breeds by direct development, like others in the genus.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Its range overlaps with a protected area, but it also occurs outside this area, where infrastructure development for human settlement might be threatening some populations.

Major Threat(s):

Its range overlaps with a protected area, but it also occurs outside this area, where infrastructure development for human settlement might be threatening some populations.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The type locality is next to Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, into which its range is known to extend.

Conservation Actions:

The type locality is next to Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos, into which its range is known to extend.

Citation:	Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz, Luciana Barreto Nascimento 2004. Ischnocnema erythromera. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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