Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Brazil, Colombia, Peru View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper.

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IUCN (Red List) status: Least Concern (LC).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species is known from widely scattered localities in the Amazonian basin of Brazil, Colombia and Peru. There is also a record from French Guiana (housed at KUH), although it needs to be verified. Habitat and Ecology It is an aquatic species. It occurs in permanent waterbodies associated with salt licks in the tropical rainforest. The eggs presumably develop on the back of the female, either by larval or by direct development. Population It is possibly abundant but it is poorly known. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats Forest destruction and international trade are both threats to this species. Conservation Actions It occurs in at least one conservation unit. Citation Claudia Azevedo-Ramos, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Manfred Beier 2010. Pipa snethlageae. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use