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

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IUCN (Red List) status: Data Deficient (DD).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species occurs on the western flank of the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia in Cauca, Choco, and Valle del Cauca Departments, between 100 and 640m asl, although its distribution is not well known. Habitat and Ecology It lives along streams in lowland and foothill forests, and has not been found in degraded habitats. The details of its breeding biology are largely unknown, but it presumably breeds in streams, like other members of its genus. Population It is a very rare species. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats The major threats to this species are deforestation for agricultural development (including illegal crops), logging, and human settlement, and pollution resulting from the spraying of illegal crops. Conservation Actions It occurs in Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali. Citation Wilmar Bolívar, Taran Grant 2004. Anomaloglossus lacrimosus. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use