Hypodactylus latens

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:	Hypodactylus latens
Species Authority:	(Lynch, 1989)
Synonym/s:	Eleutherodactylus latens Lynch, 1989

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, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat in the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from several locations in the Cordillera Central of the Colombian Andes: the type locality ("Boqueron, Serranía Las Valdías, Municipio de Medellin"), El Yerbal (in the municipality of Belmira) and Sonson, all three in the department of Antioquia; as well as Quebrada Negra vicinity, in the county of Pensilvania, and in the Reserva Río Blanco, County of Manizales, in the department of Caldas, north of Quindio and Tolima Departments. It has been recorded from 2,600-3,200m asl. It is likely to occur more widely than currently records suggest.
Countries:	Native: Colombia
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a rare species, although this may be partly due to the species' cryptozoic behaviour.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is found on fallen leaves and grass roots in sub-páramo habitats; it is not known whether it can occur in disturbed habitats. Breeding is by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat is habitat loss caused by deforestation for agricultural development (including illegal crops).

Major Threat(s):

The major threat is habitat loss caused by deforestation for agricultural development (including illegal crops).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is found in the Río Blanco Water District of the city of Manesalles (a forest protected for water catchments), which affords some protection. However, there is a need for additional protection of this species' sub-páramo habitat.

Conservation Actions:

It is found in the Río Blanco Water District of the city of Manesalles (a forest protected for water catchments), which affords some protection. However, there is a need for additional protection of this species' sub-páramo habitat.

Citation:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, John Lynch 2004. Hypodactylus latens. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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