Oreobates simmonsi

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:	Oreobates simmonsi
Species Authority:	(Lynch, 1974)
Synonym/s:	Ischnocnema simmonsi Lynch, 1974

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Fernando Nogales
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because it is known from only two locations.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the region of the type locality in the Cordillera del Cóndor (1830 masl), Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population:	It was uncommon when last recorded in 1999.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species can be found in subtropical old-growth forest. At Río Piuntza, Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador, two specimens were collected by day on the forest floor (Lynch 1974). It is terrestrial and breeds by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It occurs in an area that was mined during the Ecuador-Peru border war in 1995, with the result that there is little human activity in the area now. However, a proposed road might introduce threats to the area.

Major Threat(s):

It occurs in an area that was mined during the Ecuador-Peru border war in 1995, with the result that there is little human activity in the area now. However, a proposed road might introduce threats to the area.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not recorded from any protected areas, though habitat protection might be necessary in the future. There is a need for close population monitoring of this species.

Conservation Actions:

It is not recorded from any protected areas, though habitat protection might be necessary in the future. There is a need for close population monitoring of this species.

Citation:	Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Fernando Nogales 2004. Oreobates simmonsi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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