Physalaemus erikae

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	LEIUPERIDAE

Scientific Name:	Physalaemus erikae
Species Authority:	Cruz and Pimenta, 2004

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern 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 Least Concern, since it has a relatively large extent of occurrence, believed to extend to more than 20,000 km2, is known from a number of locations, has some tolerance (and may even benefit from low levels) of habitat degradation, and is not known to be declining.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is currently known only from southern Bahia, southeastern Brazil. It is also expected to occur in northeastern Minas Gerais and northern Espírito Santo States, due to the proximity and similarity of vegetation types between southern Bahia and these areas.
Countries:	Native: Brazil
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Population [top]

Population:	No information is currently available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is known from temporary ponds in cow pastures at the edges of Atlantic Rain Forest fragments, natural forest clearings, and cacao plantations. Males were found calling from the edges of ponds, or floating in shallow water. Females were found near ponds or on forest leaf-litter. The species is presumed to be a larval developer.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The Atlantic Forest has been subject to substantial deforestation and fragmentation due to historical logging and ongoing large-scale clearance for cattle pasture, and crops such as sugar cane, coffee, and exotic trees, as well as for smallholder agriculture. Complete loss of forest habitat is likely to adversely affect this species, but some degree of degradation and opening of the forest canopy appears likely to actually benefit it.

Major Threat(s):

The Atlantic Forest has been subject to substantial deforestation and fragmentation due to historical logging and ongoing large-scale clearance for cattle pasture, and crops such as sugar cane, coffee, and exotic trees, as well as for smallholder agriculture. Complete loss of forest habitat is likely to adversely affect this species, but some degree of degradation and opening of the forest canopy appears likely to actually benefit it.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is not known to occur in any protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

This species is not known to occur in any protected areas.

Citation:	Simon Stuart 2006. Physalaemus erikae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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