Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
AMPHIBIA |
ANURA |
BUFONIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Dendrophryniscus brevipollicatus |
| Species Authority: |
Jiménez de la Espada, 1871 |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
ver 3.1
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| Year Assessed: |
2004 |
| Assessor/s |
Paulo Garcia, Oswaldo Luiz Peixoto |
| Evaluator/s: |
Stuart, S.N., Chanson, J.S., Cox, N.A. & Young, B.E. (Global Amphibian Assessment Coordinating Team) |
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
This species is known only from the lowlands up to 900m asl in the States of Rio de Janeiro and northern Sao Paulo, in southern Brazil. Records from Rio Grande do Sul in extreme southern Brazil probably refer to other species.
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| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
It is a common species.
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
It lives in terrestrial and epiphytic bromeliads inside primary, secondary and seasonally flooded forests where it lays its eggs. The larvae develop in bromeliads. It does not survive in heavily degraded areas.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
The major threats are habitat loss due to livestock grazing, clear-cutting, collection of bromeliads, and human settlement.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It occurs in several protected areas.
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