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Craugastor gollmeri

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA CRAUGASTORIDAE

Scientific Name: Craugastor gollmeri
Species Authority: (Peters, 1863)
Synonym/s:
Eleutherodactylus goldmani Noble, 1924
Eleutherodactylus humeralis Fowler, 1916
Lithodytes lanciformis Cope, 1877
Taxonomic Notes: This species was previously within the genus Eleutherodactylus (Crawford and Smith, 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, Gerardo Chaves, Jay Savage, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Federico Bolaños
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 wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, 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 can be found in lowland and premontane humid forests of eastern and central Panama, where it is found at elevations of 10-850m asl, and on the Atlantic slopes of northwestern Panama and eastern Costa Rica. There are a few records for the premontane Pacific slope in Costa Rica, where it is found at elevations of 10-1,520m asl (Savage, 2002).
Countries:
Native:
Costa Rica; Panama
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Population [top]

Population: It is apparently common and regularly seen in Costa Rica.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It inhabits the leaf-litter of humid lowland and montane forest; it is also present in cleared areas close to the forest. It breeds by direct development.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): General habitat loss by the destruction of natural forests is a major threat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: While there are no specific conservation measures in place, the species has been recorded from many protected areas.
Citation: Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, Gerardo Chaves, Jay Savage, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Federico Bolaños 2004. Craugastor gollmeri. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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