Physalaemus obtectus

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 obtectus
Species Authority:	Bokermann, 1966

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz, Jaime Bertoluci, Luciana Barreto Nascimento
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.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species from south-eastern Brazil ranges from Linhares, in the state of Espírito Santo, west to Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, in the state of Minas Gerais, and occurs up to 500m asl. Its distribution is still not very well known.
Countries:	Native: Brazil
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Population [top]

Population:	It is locally common.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It lives in primary and secondary forest, where it is usually found on the forest floor in leaf-litter near temporary waterbodies (but not in open areas). The eggs are laid in foam nests on the leaf-litter near water, and larval development takes place in temporary pools.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Although all known sites are protected, this species almost certainly occurs in nearby areas, where agricultural development, wood plantations, livestock grazing, logging, human settlement and dams threaten its habitat.

Major Threat(s):

Although all known sites are protected, this species almost certainly occurs in nearby areas, where agricultural development, wood plantations, livestock grazing, logging, human settlement and dams threaten its habitat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is only known from the following areas, which are all protected areas: Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, the Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, and the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Feliciano Miguel Abdala.

Conservation Actions:

This species is only known from the following areas, which are all protected areas: Parque Estadual do Rio Doce, the Reserva Biológica de Sooretama, and the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Feliciano Miguel Abdala.

Citation:	Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz, Jaime Bertoluci, Luciana Barreto Nascimento 2004. Physalaemus obtectus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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