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Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum
| family: Centrolenidae subfamily: Hyalinobatrachinae |
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Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Colombia, Panama
IUCN (Red List) status: Near Threatened (NT). |
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Range Description This species is known from the departments of Valle del Cauca, Risaralda, Chocó and Antioquia on the western flank of the western Andes, in Colombia, between 45 and 1,570m asl, from the provinces of Esmeralda and Imbabura, in Ecuador, and from the eastern cordilleras in the south-west of Darién Province in Panama. Habitat and Ecology It occurs in lowland primary and secondary rainforests, and sub-Andean forests, on vegetation next to streams. It lays its eggs on the lower surface of leaves and when hatched the larvae fall into the stream below. Population It is a very common species. Population Trend Decreasing Major Threats Localized threats to this species are habitat fragmentation and loss due to the expansion of agriculture, including the cultivation of illegal crops, and water pollution. Conservation Actions Its range includes Parque Nacional de Las Orquídeas and Parque Nacional Natural Farallones de Cali in Colombia, and Parque Nacional Darién in Panama. Citation Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor, Fernando Castro, Taran Grant 2010. Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum. In: IUCN 2012
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