Pristimantis hernandezi

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 hernandezi
Species Authority:	(Lynch and Ruíz-Carranza, 1983)
Synonym/s:	Eleutherodactylus hernandezi Lynch and Ruíz-Carranza, 1983

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 5,000 km2, all individuals are in fewer than five locations, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat on the eastern slopes of the Colombian Andes.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from two localities: one on the Oriental slope from the Cordillera Central in Huila Department, and the other on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Central in Caquetá Department, Colombia, from 2,300-2,600m asl.
Countries:	Native: Colombia
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Population [top]

Population:	It is an uncommon species, and is known only from six specimens.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits intermediate strata in primary forest. As only a few individuals have been recorded, not much information is known regarding its exact habitat requirements, but it is believed to be extremely moisture dependent. It breeds by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss caused by agricultural development (including the planting of illegal crops) is the main threat to the species.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss caused by agricultural development (including the planting of illegal crops) is the main threat to the species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	One known locality is within Parque Nacional Natural Purace, and the second locality will soon be protected within the newly created Parque Nacional Natural Fragua. Further survey work is necessary to establish the current population status of this species, its ecological requirements, and to determine whether it occurs outside the two known localities.

Conservation Actions:

One known locality is within Parque Nacional Natural Purace, and the second locality will soon be protected within the newly created Parque Nacional Natural Fragua. Further survey work is necessary to establish the current population status of this species, its ecological requirements, and to determine whether it occurs outside the two known localities.

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