Telmatobius brevipes

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	CERATOPHRYIDAE

Scientific Name:	Telmatobius brevipes
Species Authority:	Vellard, 1951

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Endangered A3e ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Javier Icochea, Ulrich Sinsch, Edgar Lehr, Wilfredo Arizabal, Jesús Córdova-Santa Gadea
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Endangered because of a population decline, projected to be more than 50% over the next 10 years, inferred from the potential impact of chytridiomycosis on populations of this species.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from the Cordillera Occidental of northern Perú, in the departments of Cajamarca and La Libertad, where it has been collected at elevations of between 2,000 and 3,520m asl.
Countries:	Native: Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	Its population status is not known.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a riparian semi-aquatic species, and can be found under rocks along streams in cloud forest to páramo; it is also present in irrigation ditches in cultivated areas. It is presumed to be a stream breeder.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is little information available on its threats, although water pollution might be a localized threat. Populations of other species in the genus living at high elevations are very susceptible to infection with chytridiomycosis. The pathogen has yet to be reported from Telmatobius brevipes, but congeners nearby in Ecuador have disappeared, and so this species would appear to be seriously at risk.

Major Threat(s):

There is little information available on its threats, although water pollution might be a localized threat. Populations of other species in the genus living at high elevations are very susceptible to infection with chytridiomycosis. The pathogen has yet to be reported from Telmatobius brevipes, but congeners nearby in Ecuador have disappeared, and so this species would appear to be seriously at risk.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Survey work is needed to establish the population status of this species, and it requires careful population monitoring, particularly given the risk of chytridiomycosis. It is not known to be present in any protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

Survey work is needed to establish the population status of this species, and it requires careful population monitoring, particularly given the risk of chytridiomycosis. It is not known to be present in any protected areas.

Citation:	Javier Icochea, Ulrich Sinsch, Edgar Lehr, Wilfredo Arizabal, Jesús Córdova-Santa Gadea 2004. Telmatobius brevipes. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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