Physalaemus evangelistai

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 evangelistai
Species Authority:	Bokermann, 1967

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Luciana Barreto Nascimento, Paula Cabral Eterovick, Guarino Colli, Débora Silvano

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 continuing uncertainties as to its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

History:

2004

–

Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from Serra do Espinhaço and Serra do Caraça, in the state of Minas Gerais, in south-eastern Brazil, where it is found above 800m asl. Its distribution is poorly known, and it might occur more widely.
Countries:	Native: Brazil (Minas Gerais)
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Population [top]

Population:	The population status of this species is unknown.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a species that is found in shrubland and grassland, which breeds in temporary puddles or swamps where it makes floating foam nests. It probably does not adapt well to anthropogenic disturbance.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is possibly affected by fire, expanding human settlements, and disturbance resulting from tourism.

Major Threat(s):

It is possibly affected by fire, expanding human settlements, and disturbance resulting from tourism.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species might occur at the Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó. It is known to occur at Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Santuário do Caraça (Canelas and Bertoluci, 2007).

Conservation Actions:

This species might occur at the Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó. It is known to occur at Reserva Particular do
Patrimônio Natural Santuário do Caraça (Canelas and Bertoluci, 2007).

Citation:	Luciana Barreto Nascimento, Paula Cabral Eterovick, Guarino Colli, Débora Silvano 2010. Physalaemus evangelistai. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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