Strabomantis necopinus

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	STRABOMANTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Lynch, 1997)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Rana Cabezona

Synonym/s:

Eleutherodactylus necopinus Lynch, 1997

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable 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 Vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat on the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes.

Range Description:	This species occurs in the northern half of the Cordillera Central in the departments of Tolima, Caldas, Quindia, Risaralda and southern Antioquia, in Colombia, at elevations of 1,800-2,200m asl. It might occur more widely.
Countries:	Native: Colombia
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Population:	It is not a common species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a diurnal and terrestrial species, restricted to primary cloud forests with abundant fallen leaves on the ground. It breeds by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss caused by logging and agricultural development (including the planting of illegal crops) is the major threat.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss caused by logging and agricultural development (including the planting of illegal crops) is the major threat.

Conservation Actions:	This species' distribution includes Florencia Forest, an area in the process of being declared a natural reserve, and also Ucamari Regional Park.

Conservation Actions:

This species' distribution includes Florencia Forest, an area in the process of being declared a natural reserve, and also Ucamari Regional Park.

Citation:	Fernando Castro, Maria Isabel Herrera, John Lynch 2004. Strabomantis necopinus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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