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Anomaloglossus wothuja

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA AROMOBATIDAE

Scientific Name: Anomaloglossus wothuja
Species Authority: (Barrio-Amorós, Fuentes and Rivas, 2004)
Synonym/s:
Colostethus wothuja Barrio-Amorós, Fuentes and Rivas, 2004

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Data Deficient ver 3.1
Year Published: 2006
Assessor/s: Simon Stuart
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been described, and there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known only from the type locality at 150-200m asl at the base of Cerro Sipapo, on the banks of Tobogán del Cuao, Amazonas State, Venezuela. The limits to its range remain unknown.
Countries:
Native:
Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population: No information is currently available regarding its population status.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This diurnal species is known from medium to tall evergreen forest, where individuals were found on large rocks on the bank of a stream. Larvae were collected from the back of a male, and from a small pool beside a stream.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): No information is currently available regarding threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It is not currently known to occur in any protected areas.
Citation: Simon Stuart 2006. Anomaloglossus wothuja. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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