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Cochranella riveroi
| family: Centrolenidae subfamily: Centroleninae |
Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Venezuela
View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper. IUCN (Red List) status: Vulnerable (VU).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.
From the IUCN Red List Species Account:
Range Description
This species is endemic to Cerro Aracamuni, in Amazonas State, Venezuela, at an elevation of 1,600m asl.
Habitat and Ecology
It lives and reproduces (by larval development) within terrestrial bromeliads in montane forest.
Population
It is a rare species.
Population Trend
Stable
Major Threats
There are no current major threats, but the restricted range of this species makes it vulnerable to threatening processes.
Conservation Actions
The population occurs in a Natural Monument within the Parque Nacional Serrania de la Neblina. There is a need for close population monitoring of this species given that it is known only from a single location.
Citation
Enrique La Marca, Celsa Seņaris 2004. Cochranella riveroi. In: IUCN 2012
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