Leptodactylus albilabris

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	LEPTODACTYLIDAE

Scientific Name:

Leptodactylus albilabris

Species Authority:

(Günther, 1859)

Common Name/s:

Spanish

–

Ranita De Labio Blanco

Synonym/s:

Leptodactylus dominicensis Cochran, 1923

Taxonomic Notes:

Leptodactylus dominicensis is now considered to be a junior synonym of Leptodactylus albilabris (Hedges and Heinicke, 2007).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Neftalí Ríos-Lopez

Reviewer/s:

Ariadne Angulo and Simon Stuart

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern since, although its Extent of Occurrence is probably less than 20,000 km2, it is common and adaptable with a presumed large population, and it is not known to be in decline at present.

History:

2004

–

Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs on Puerto Rico, Isla Vieques, Isla Culebra, and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. The altitudinal range is from sea level up to 1,030m asl.
Countries:	Native: Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
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Population [top]

Population:	While this species is abundant and widespread in the U.S. Virgin Islands, it appears to be in decline in the British Virgin Islands (Perry and Gerber, 2006).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is semi-aquatic, inhabiting streams, marshes, and irrigated fields, as well as drainage ditches and gutters in both forested, open country and urban areas. Males call from ground or aquatic vegetation, eggs are laid in foam nests.
Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	While this is an adaptable species and is known to occur in brackish waters, a potential threat to species viability in coastal wetlands is comprised by the predicted rise in sea level and salt water intrusion as a consequence of global warming (Rios-López, 2008). Its tadpoles may be vulnerable to competition from Osteopilus septentrionalis (Perry and Gerber, 2006).

Major Threat(s):

While this is an adaptable species and is known to occur in brackish waters, a potential threat to species viability in coastal wetlands is comprised by the predicted rise in sea level and salt water intrusion as a consequence of global warming (Rios-López, 2008).

Its tadpoles may be vulnerable to competition from Osteopilus septentrionalis (Perry and Gerber, 2006).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in all the protected areas of Puerto Rico. A study of population trends is desirable (Perry and Gerber, 2006).

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in all the protected areas of Puerto Rico. A study of population trends is desirable (Perry and Gerber, 2006).

Citation:	Neftalí Ríos-Lopez 2010. Leptodactylus albilabris. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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