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Animalia | Chordata | Amphibia | Anura | Microhylidae |
Scientific Name: | Hypopachus pictiventris (Cope, 1886) | |||
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Synonym(s): |
Engystoma pictiventre Cope, 1886
Engystoma pictiventris (Cope, 1886)
Gastrophryne pictiventris (Cope, 1886)
Microhyla pictiventris (Cope, 1886)
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Taxonomic Source(s): | Frost, D.R. 2013. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.6 (9 January 2013). Electronic Database. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Available at: http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html. |
Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Date Assessed: | 2008-01-01 |
Assessor(s): | Bolaños, F. & Köhler, G. |
Reviewer(s): | Stuart, S.N., Chanson, J.S., Cox, N.A. & Young, B.E. |
Justification: Listed as Least Concern in view of its relatively wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. |
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Range Description: | This species is known from the Atlantic slope of southeastern Nicaragua and Costa Rica, at elevations of 1-500m asl. | ||||
Countries occurrence: | Native: Costa Rica; Nicaragua | ||||
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Population: | It is rarely seen except during exhaustive searches in leaf-litter plots where it can be regular. It can be seen in large numbers during brief explosive breeding aggregations. In Costa Rica, it is a very easy species to see during the explosive breeding period (Federico Bolaños pers. comm.). | ||
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Habitat and Ecology: | It inhabits leaf-litter of lowland moist and wet forests and breeds in temporary pools. |
Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
Major Threat(s): | Forest destruction is a major threat to this species. |
Conservation Actions: | Protection of lowland forests is needed. Protected at La Selva and Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica, and the Reserva de la Biósfera Sureste (formerly known as the Indio-Maiz Biological Reserve in Nicaragua. |
Citation: | Bolaños, F. & Köhler, G. 2008. Hypopachus pictiventris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T57816A11687380. . Downloaded on 26 April 2018. |
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