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Oedipina pacificensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA CAUDATA PLETHODONTIDAE

Scientific Name: Oedipina pacificensis
Species Authority: Taylor, 1952

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Federico Bolaños, Gerardo Chaves, Jay Savage, David Wake, Roberto Ibáñez
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern since, although its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, it is common and adaptable with a presumed large population, and it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species occurs on the Pacific slope of southern Costa Rica and in a small area of adjacent southwestern Panama. Its altitudinal range is 5-1200m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Costa Rica; Panama
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Population [top]

Population: It is a common species.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It lives in leaf-litter, often near tree buttresses, in Lowland Moist and Wet Forests and Premontane Rainforest. It is adaptable, being found in old plantations and in highly disturbed areas. It breeds by direct development and is not dependent upon water.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): It is probably adversely affected by very serious habitat destruction, but generally it faces few threats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in the Manuel Antonio, Carara and Corcovado Golfito National Parks in Costa Rica. None of its range in Panama is protected.
Citation: Federico Bolaños, Gerardo Chaves, Jay Savage, David Wake, Roberto Ibáñez 2004. Oedipina pacificensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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