Physalaemus barrioi

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	LEIUPERIDAE

Scientific Name:	Physalaemus barrioi
Species Authority:	Bokermann, 1967

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Luciana Barreto Nascimento, Vanessa Verdade
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient in view of the absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the Serra da Bocaina, at 1,200m asl in the state of Sao Paulo, south-eastern Brazil, although it might occur more widely.
Countries:	Native: Brazil
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information on the population status of this species; there have been no recent observations, but this might be due to a lack of surveys.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a terrestrial forest species, living near temporary ponds in which it presumably breeds.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is likely to be affected by clear-cutting. The lack of records in recent years is reminiscent of the decline of other high-altitude, water-breeding frogs in the wet tropics, and chytridiomycosis cannot be ruled out.

Major Threat(s):

It is likely to be affected by clear-cutting. The lack of records in recent years is reminiscent of the decline of other high-altitude, water-breeding frogs in the wet tropics, and chytridiomycosis cannot be ruled out.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It presumably occurs in Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina.

Conservation Actions:

It presumably occurs in Parque Nacional da Serra da Bocaina.

Citation:	Luciana Barreto Nascimento, Vanessa Verdade 2004. Physalaemus barrioi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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