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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 ranges from the Cuenca Basin in Azuay Province, south to Barrio-Laguna, in Canton Saraguro, in Loja Province in southern Ecuador. It has been recorded at 2,450-2,650m asl in the Cuenca Basin, and at 2,620m asl at Barrio-Laguna. Habitat and Ecology It lives in pastures, grassland, and agricultural fields and degraded secondary habitats, not in closed forest. Animals have been collected close to small pools. Its breeding is unknown, but it is presumably by larval development in ponds. Population It is a common species. Population Trend Stable Major Threats It is an adaptable species that is not facing any known threats. Conservation Actions It is not known from any protected areas. Citation John Lynch, Ana Almendáriz 2004. Nelsonophryne aequatorialis. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use