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Pristimantis hectus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA STRABOMANTIDAE

Scientific Name: Pristimantis hectus
Species Authority: (Lynch and Burrowes, 1990)
Synonym/s:
Eleutherodactylus hectus Lynch and Burrowes, 1990

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, Santiago Ron, Luis A. Coloma, John Lynch
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' geographic range is the western slope of the Cordillera Occidental in Nariño Department, Colombia, and north-western Ecuador (El Cristal, Esmeraldas Province). It probably occurs more widely, and its altitudinal range is 1,200-2,020m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Colombia; Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population: It was collected most recently in 1990 in Parque Nacional Natural Munchique, when a single individual was located.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This species has been found only in humid tropical cloud forest. It appears to be diurnal, and during the day individuals have been observed in recesses formed by buttresses and roots, and hopping in the leaf-litter (Lynch and Duellman 1997). It is presumed to be a direct developing species, although the egg deposition site is not known.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): It is threatened by general habitat loss caused by deforestation due to agricultural development and the cultivation of illegal crops.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: In Ecuador, its geographic range overlaps with the Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi-Cayapas. In Colombia, it occurs in the private Reserva Natural La Planada, and also in Parque Nacional Natural Munchique.
Citation: Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, Santiago Ron, Luis A. Coloma, John Lynch 2004. Pristimantis hectus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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