Strabomantis helonotus

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:	Strabomantis helonotus
Species Authority:	(Lynch, 1975)
Synonym/s:	Eleutherodactylus helonotus (Lynch, 1975)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered B2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	John Lynch, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Critically Endangered because its Area of Occupancy is probably less than 10km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and the extent of its forest habitat in Ecuador is declining.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from two localities in the vicinity of Río Pitzara, Pichincha Province, on the Pacific slopes of the Andes in Ecuador, at 1,000-2,000m asl.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a very rare species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species is terrestrial, restricted to primary cloud forest, and cannot tolerate any disturbance of its habitat. It is presumed to breed by direct development, but the site of egg deposition is not known.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat to the species is habitat loss due to agricultural development (crops and livestock), logging, and human settlement.

Major Threat(s):

The major threat to the species is habitat loss due to agricultural development (crops and livestock), logging, and human settlement.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is not known from any protected areas, and maintenance of the existing habitat is urgently needed. Further survey work is required to determine the biology and population status of this species.

Conservation Actions:

This species is not known from any protected areas, and maintenance of the existing habitat is urgently needed. Further survey work is required to determine the biology and population status of this species.

Citation:	John Lynch, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron 2004. Strabomantis helonotus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 June 2013.
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