Nectocaecilia petersii

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	GYMNOPHIONA	CAECILIIDAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

(Boulenger, 1882)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Cecilia De Peters

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Abraham Mijares, Enrique La Marca, Mark Wilkinson
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 currently known Extent of Occurrence is probably less than 20,000 km2, it occurs in an area of extensive, suitable habitat which appears not to be under serious threat, it has a presumed large population, and it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Range Description:	This species is currently known only from the general vicinity of Cerro Yapacana at around 100m asl in Amazonas state, southern Venezuela. The type specimen comes from the non-specific location of "Upper Amazon". It presumably occurs in adjacent Colombia and Brazil, and is likely to occur much more widely.
Countries:	Native: Venezuela
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Population:	It is very common in certain localities within its Venezuelan distribution.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a large, semi-aquatic species of tropical lowland rainforests. It lives at edge of rivers, where it burrows. It is a viviparous species, probably in water. Its adaptability to secondary habitats is not known, but there is very little human impact within its range.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Major Threat(s):	It is unlikely to be significantly threatened, but mining activities in the Yapacana area might affect population there.

Major Threat(s):

It is unlikely to be significantly threatened, but mining activities in the Yapacana area might affect population there.

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in the Neblina National Park, Venezuela.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in the Neblina National Park, Venezuela.

Citation:	Abraham Mijares, Enrique La Marca, Mark Wilkinson 2004. Nectocaecilia petersii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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