Chiropterotriton arboreus
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
CAUDATA |
PLETHODONTIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Chiropterotriton arboreus |
| Species Authority: |
(Taylor, 1941) |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Critically Endangered
B1ab(i,ii,iii)
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2008 |
| Assessor/s: |
Gabriela Parra-Olea, David Wake, Ted Papenfuss, James Hanken |
| Reviewer/s: |
Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young) |
| Contributor/s: |
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Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered because the species is known from a small forest patch that is becoming smaller. Several recent attempts have been made to locate the species without success. This species is possibly extinct.
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| History: |
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Geographic Range
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Population
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| Population: |
The species has not been found since the early 1980s, despite recent attempts to locate it.
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It inhabits humid pine-oak or cloud forests, where it lives in bromeliads and reproduces by direct development.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
Since this species is dependent upon bromeliads in trees, the major threat to it is deforestation and fragmentation, which is taking place in its only known locality due to expanding agricultural development and extraction of wood.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
This species occurs on private land. It is not found in any protected areas, and protection of the forests in the Husteca region is urgently required. This species is protected by Mexican law under the "Special Protection" category (Pr).
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