Diasporus tigrillo

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	ELEUTHERODACTYLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Diasporus tigrillo
Species Authority:	(Savage, 1997)
Synonym/s:	Eleutherodactylus tigrillo Savage, 1997
Taxonomic Notes:	Further specimens are needed to confirm the taxonomic validity of this species (Federico Bolaños pers. comm.).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Federico Bolaños, Jay Savage
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been described, and there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from two localities in the valley of the Río Lari, in Limón Province, Costa Rica, at 400-440m asl.
Countries:	Native: Costa Rica
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Population [top]

Population:	It is known only from two males found calling alongside streams; nothing is currently known about population abundance.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species was recoreded from premontane rainforest.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is little habitat loss within the range of this species.

Major Threat(s):

There is little habitat loss within the range of this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species was collected from within an indigenous reserve. It should be noted that some other species of Eleutherodactylus that are associated with streams have undergone dramatic declines and disappearances, possibly due to chytridiomycosis, so the status of this species should be monitored carefully.

Conservation Actions:

This species was collected from within an indigenous reserve. It should be noted that some other species of Eleutherodactylus that are associated with streams have undergone dramatic declines and disappearances, possibly due to chytridiomycosis, so the status of this species should be monitored carefully.

Citation:	Federico Bolaños, Jay Savage 2004. Diasporus tigrillo. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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