Pristimantis helvolus

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 helvolus

Species Authority:

(Lynch and Rueda-Almonacid, 1998)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Rana Pierniamarilla

Synonym/s:

Eleutherodactylus helvolus Lynch and Rueda-Almonacid, 1998

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, John Lynch
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 5,000km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is a continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from cloud forest in the municipalities of Pensilvania and Samaná, in the department of Caldas, and from the municipalities of Guatepé and Anorí, in Antioquia department, on the eastern flank of the Cordillera Central, in Colombia. It has been recorded from 1,800-2,000m asl.
Countries:	Native: Colombia
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Population [top]

Population:	It is not a common species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is restricted to primary forest and breeds by direct development and is not associated with streams. It is very small (at most 23mm long) and is very sensitive to any variation in humidity. It is not tolerant of any habitat disturbance.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat to this species is habitat loss caused by agricultural development (including the planting of illegal crops).

Major Threat(s):

The major threat to this species is habitat loss caused by agricultural development (including the planting of illegal crops).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Its range does not include any protected areas; given the species' sensitivity to any habitat disturbance, protection of remaining primary forest habitat within the range of the species is essential.

Conservation Actions:

Its range does not include any protected areas; given the species' sensitivity to any habitat disturbance, protection of remaining primary forest habitat within the range of the species is essential.

Citation:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, John Lynch 2004. Pristimantis helvolus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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