Bolitoglossa medemi

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	CAUDATA	PLETHODONTIDAE

Scientific Name:	Bolitoglossa medemi
Species Authority:	Brame and Wake, 1972
Taxonomic Notes:	It is not clear that the Panamanian and Colombian populations belong to the same species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, David Wake, Wilmar Bolívar, Juan Manuel Renjifo
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat in Colombia and Panama.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species has been recorded from the Río Arquia area in Antioquia Department in the Chocó region of Colombia, south to Quibdo in Chocó Department. Specimens have been referred to this species from the Darién and San Blas regions of central and eastern Panama. It occurs below 600m asl. It is presumably found in intervening areas between the mapped localities.
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Panama
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Population [top]

Population:	It appears to be a rare species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is an arboreal species in humid lowland forest, and does not occur in disturbed habitats. It breeds by direct development and is not dependent upon water.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are very few threats within its range in Panama, though there is a small amount of shifting cultivation. In Colombia, the major threats are deforestation for agricultural development (including the planting of illegal crops), logging, and human settlement, and pollution resulting from the spraying of illegal crops.

Major Threat(s):

There are very few threats within its range in Panama, though there is a small amount of shifting cultivation. In Colombia, the major threats are deforestation for agricultural development (including the planting of illegal crops), logging, and human settlement, and pollution resulting from the spraying of illegal crops.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Parque Nacional Darién in Panama. It is not known from any protected areas in Colombia.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Parque Nacional Darién in Panama. It is not known from any protected areas in Colombia.

Citation:	Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, David Wake, Wilmar Bolívar, Juan Manuel Renjifo 2004. Bolitoglossa medemi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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