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Alsodes barrioi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA CYCLORAMPHIDAE

Scientific Name: Alsodes barrioi
Species Authority: Veloso, Díaz, Iturra-C. & Penna, 1981

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable A3c ver 3.1
Year Published: 2010
Assessor/s: Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez, Ramón Formas
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Vulnerable because of a population decline, estimated to be more than 30% over the next ten years, projected from deterioriation in habitat quality resulting from the establishment of new pine plantations.
History:
2004 – Vulnerable
1996 – Data Deficient
1994 – Rare (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known only from the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, Estero Cabrería, Provincia de Malleco, Chile (37° 50'S; 73° 00' W). It has an altitudinal range of 1,000-1,500m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Chile
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Population [top]

Population: The species is relatively abundant at the type locality. During breeding periods, it is possible to find large numbers of tadpoles in streams.
Population Trend: Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It occurs under logs or stones close to mountain streams, and the surrounding vegetation mainly comprises Nothofagus dombeyi and Araucaria araucana. Breeding takes place in streams.
Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The main threat is the afforestation of the watershed where this species occurs with an introduced pine. When the pine is harvested, the effect on the surrounding breeding streams could be catastrophic.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: It occurs in Parque Nacional Nahuelbuta.
Citation: Alberto Veloso, Herman Núñez, Ramón Formas 2010. Alsodes barrioi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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