Craugastor saltuarius

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AMPHIBIA	ANURA	CRAUGASTORIDAE

Scientific Name:	Craugastor saltuarius
Species Authority:	(McCranie and Wilson, 1997)
Taxonomic Notes:	This species was previously included in the genus Eleutherodactylus (Crawford and Smith 2005).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered A2ace ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Gustavo Cruz, Larry David Wilson
Reviewer/s:	Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Critically Endangered because of a drastic population decline, estimated to be more than 80% over the last three generations, inferred from the apparent disappearance of most or all of the population, perhaps due to chytridiomycosis.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in Cerro Bufalo in the Dept. of Atlantida and Montaña La Fortuna in the Department of Yoro, Honduras, at elevations of 1,550-1,800m asl.
Countries:	Native: Honduras
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Population [top]

Population:	Although always rare, the species is now in precipitous decline. Visits to the sites, both in 1995 and 1996, failed to turn up any individuals.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in leaf-litter in lower montane wet forest. Breeding takes place by direct development.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat destruction caused by subsistence agriculture and landslides are the major threats. However, these threats do not account for its decline in pristine habitats. Rather, its disappearance is likely to be as a result of disease (such as chytridiomycosis), although it is perhaps surprising for this to be the case in such a species since it is not associated with streams.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat destruction caused by subsistence agriculture and landslides are the major threats. However, these threats do not account for its decline in pristine habitats. Rather, its disappearance is likely to be as a result of disease (such as chytridiomycosis), although it is perhaps surprising for this to be the case in such a species since it is not associated with streams.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species occurs in Parque Nacional Pico Bonito and in the Reserva de Vida Silvestre Texiguat. Further survey work is required to determine the population status of this species and the reasons for its decline in pristine habitat. If disease is shown to be a major threat, then surviving individuals might need to form the basis for the establishment of an ex-situ population.

Conservation Actions:

The species occurs in Parque Nacional Pico Bonito and in the Reserva de Vida Silvestre Texiguat. Further survey work is required to determine the population status of this species and the reasons for its decline in pristine habitat. If disease is shown to be a major threat, then surviving individuals might need to form the basis for the establishment of an ex-situ population.

Bibliography [top]

	Crawford, A.J. and Smith, E.N. 2005. Cenozoic biogeography and evolution in direct-developing frogs of Central America (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) as inferred from a phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 536-555. IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004. McCranie, J.R. and Wilson, L.D. 1997. A review of the Eleutherodactylus milesi-like frogs (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Honduras with the description of four new species. Alytes: 147-174. McCranie, J.R. and Wilson, L.D. 2002. The Amphibians of Honduras. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York, USA. Wilson, L.D. and McCranie, J.R. 1998. Amphibian population decline in a Honduran National Park. FrogLog: 1-2.

Crawford, A.J. and Smith, E.N. 2005. Cenozoic biogeography and evolution in direct-developing frogs of Central America (Leptodactylidae: Eleutherodactylus) as inferred from a phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 536-555.

IUCN. 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 23 November 2004.

McCranie, J.R. and Wilson, L.D. 1997. A review of the Eleutherodactylus milesi-like frogs (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from Honduras with the description of four new species. Alytes: 147-174.

McCranie, J.R. and Wilson, L.D. 2002. The Amphibians of Honduras. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Wilson, L.D. and McCranie, J.R. 1998. Amphibian population decline in a Honduran National Park. FrogLog: 1-2.

Citation:	Gustavo Cruz, Larry David Wilson 2004. Craugastor saltuarius. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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