Hypsiboas freicanecae

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	ANURA	HYLIDAE

Scientific Name:	Hypsiboas freicanecae
Species Authority:	(Carnaval and Peixoto, 2004)
Taxonomic Notes:	This species was previously within the genus Hyla but has recently been moved to the resurrected genus Hypsiboas (Faivovich et al. 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

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.

History:

2006	–	Data Deficient (IUCN 2006)
2006	–	Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality, at 700m asl in the Serra do Quengo in Jaqueira Municipality, Pernambuco State, north-east Brazil. However, surveys in Pernambuco have been limited to date and this species might occur more widely.
Countries:	Native: Brazil
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Population [top]

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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The type locality of this species is in forest near a small, shallow stream that is about 1m wide and 0.5m deep. Individuals were found on branches 0.5-1m above the ground. Larvae were found in slow-moving parts of the same stream, and a spherical mass of around 30 eggs was found attached to a fallen plant stem under the water.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is not known whether or not this species is impacted by habitat loss. However, most of the larvae collected exhibited oral disk abnormalities, which have been associated with chytrid fungus infection in some stream-dwelling amphibian species. The species in fact tested positive for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Carnaval et al., 2006).

Major Threat(s):

It is not known whether or not this species is impacted by habitat loss. However, most of the larvae collected exhibited oral disk abnormalities, which have been associated with chytrid fungus infection in some stream-dwelling amphibian species. The species in fact tested positive for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Carnaval et al., 2006).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species' type locality is in the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Frei Caneca, a private forest reserve managed by the sugarcane farm and distillation plant Usina Frei Caneca. Given the presence of the chytrid fungus, long-term monitoring of this population is desirable, as are surveys for other populations.

Conservation Actions:

This species' type locality is in the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Frei Caneca, a private forest reserve managed by the sugarcane farm and distillation plant Usina Frei Caneca. Given the presence of the chytrid fungus, long-term monitoring of this population is desirable, as are surveys for other populations.

Citation:	Simon Stuart 2010. Hypsiboas freicanecae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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