Eleutherodactylus leberi

Threats

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Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Eleutherodactylus leberi
Species Authority:	Schwartz, 1965

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Blair Hedges, Luis Díaz
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 Area of Occupancy is less than 500 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat in the northern foothills of Sierra Maestra, southeastern Cuba.

Range Description:	This species has a restricted range in the northern foothills of the Sierra Maestra, Cuba, where it has a patchy distribution and ranges from 394-465m asl.
Countries:	Native: Cuba
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Population:	It is moderately common in suitable habitat.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology:	It is found in closed mesic forest including wet limestone forests. It calls from rock surfaces and from trees, and breeds by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	The major threat is habitat destruction from agricultural activities (mainly subsistence farming).

Major Threat(s):

The major threat is habitat destruction from agricultural activities (mainly subsistence farming).

Conservation Actions:	It is included in a tiny provincial protected area, La Tabla, an "Area Protegida de Recursos Manejados".

Conservation Actions:

It is included in a tiny provincial protected area, La Tabla, an "Area Protegida de Recursos Manejados".

Citation:	Blair Hedges, Luis Díaz 2004. Eleutherodactylus leberi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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