Leptodactylus melanonotus
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Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
LEPTODACTYLIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Leptodactylus melanonotus |
| Species Authority: |
(Hallowell, 1861) |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2010 |
| Assessor/s: |
Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, Georgina Santos-Barrera, Julian Lee, Jay Savage, Taran Grant, Ana Almendáriz, Federico Bolaños, Gerardo Chaves, Paulino Ponce-Campos |
| Reviewer/s: |
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a broad range of habitats, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
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| History: |
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
This species ranges from southern Tamaulipas on the Atlantic slope of Mexico, and from southern Sonora on the Pacific slope of Mexico, southwards through Central America to South America west to the Andes, as far south as Rios Province in Ecuador. It occurs from sea level up to 1,550m asl. |
| Countries: |
Native: Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama |
| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
It is common to abundant throughout its range.
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| Population Trend: |
Stable
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It inhabits humid lowland and montane forest, but also survives in mangroves, open grassy areas, flooded pastures, disturbed secondary growth, farmland and urban areas. It reproduces by larval development in foam nests in burrows, usually on the edge of temporary waterbodies. The species exhibits parental care, with the female creating a channel to move the larvae if the burrow dries.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial; Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): |
It is very adaptable, and is not significantly threatened, except possibly by pollution resulting from aerial spraying.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It occurs in many protected areas.
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