Craugastor uno

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	CRAUGASTORIDAE

Scientific Name:

Craugastor uno

Species Authority:

(Savage, 1984)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Rana-ladrona De Savage

Taxonomic Notes:

This species was previously included in the genus Eleutherodactylus (Crawford and Smith 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Georgina Santos-Barrera, Luis Canseco-Márquez
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 Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from Puerto del Gallo, north-central Guerrero, and the Sierra del Sur de Oaxaca, Mexico. The recent record from Oaxaca is probably in error and is currently under taxonomic revision. The type locality in Guerrero is at 2,034m asl.
Countries:	Native: Mexico
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a rare species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It inhabits pine-oak and montane cloud forest remnants, and breeds by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The main threat to this species is deforestation due to logging and the cultivation of crops.

Major Threat(s):

The main threat to this species is deforestation due to logging and the cultivation of crops.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The range of this species does not include any protected areas, and protection of the fragments of cloud forest and pine-oak forests that still remain in the Guerrero area is urgently needed. This species is protected by Mexican law under the "Special Protection" category (Pr).

Conservation Actions:

The range of this species does not include any protected areas, and protection of the fragments of cloud forest and pine-oak forests that still remain in the Guerrero area is urgently needed. This species is protected by Mexican law under the "Special Protection" category (Pr).

Citation:	Georgina Santos-Barrera, Luis Canseco-Márquez 2004. Craugastor uno. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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