Pristimantis festae

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AMPHIBIA ANURA STRABOMANTIDAE

Scientific Name: Pristimantis festae
Species Authority: (Peracca, 1904)
Synonym/s:
Eleutherodactylus trepidotus Lynch, 1968
Paludicola festae Peracca, 1904
Pristimantis trepidotus Lynch, 1968

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Endangered B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published: 2004
Assessor/s: Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Diego Almeida, Mario Yánez-Muñoz
Reviewer/s: Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team (Simon Stuart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox and Bruce Young)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Endangered because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 5,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat on the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:This species is known from the east slope of the Ecuadorian Andes, from near the border with Colombia, in the province of Sucumbios, south to the Llanganatis Mountains (Napo and Tunguragua Provinces) at altitudes between 2,360 and 3,700m asl.
Countries:
Native:
Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population: It is common in Sucumbios and Napo (in 2000-2003). However, recent exploration of the Llanganatis Mountains has not revealed any individuals.
Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: it inhabits páramo, sub-páramo, and montane forest habitats. Individuals have been taken by day beneath rocks or logs in pastures or páramos. It also occurs in secondary and old growth forest, but not in heavily degraded areas. Reproduction occurs by direct development.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The major threat is habitat loss and degradation due to agricultural activities (crops and livestock ranching), plantations and logging.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: The range of this species overlaps Parque Nacional Llanganatis, the Reserva Ecológica Cayambe-Coca, the Reserva Ecológica Antisana, and Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo-Galeras.

Bibliography [top]

Frolich, L.M., Schultz, N., Almeida, D. and Nogales, F. 2003. Las Ranas de Los Andes Norte de Ecuador: Cordillera Oriental. Ediciones Abya Yala, Quito, Ecuador.

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

Lynch, J.D. 1968. Systematic status of some Andean Leptodactylid frogs with a description of a new species of Eleutherodactylus. Herpetologica: 289-300.

Lynch, J.D. and Duellman, W.E. 1980. The Eleutherodactylus of the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes (Anura: Leptodactylidae). The University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications: 1-86.

Lynch, J.D. and Duellman, W.E. 1997. Frogs of the genus Eleutherodactylus in western Ecuador: Systematics, ecology, and biogeography. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Special Publication: 1-236.

Marsh, D.M. and Pearman, P.B. 1997. Effects of habitat fragmentation on the abundance of two species of leptodactylid frogs in an Andean montane forest. Conservation Biology: 1323-1328.
Citation: Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron, Diego Almeida, Mario Yánez-Muñoz 2004. Pristimantis festae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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