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Syncope carvalhoi
| family: Microhylidae subfamily: Gastrophryninae |
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Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Colombia, Peru
IUCN (Red List) status: Least Concern (LC). |
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Range Description This species can be found in the Northeastern Amazon of Perú (Departamento: Loreto) and southern Amazonian Colombia (Leticia region). It is present below 200m asl. It is likely to be found in neighbouring Brazil. Habitat and Ecology It has been recorded from both leaf-litter and bromeliads in primary tropical moist rainforest. It is a phytotelmic species that breeds by direct development. Eggs are deposited in bromeliad axils. It is not present in degraded habitats. Population It is a possibly common, cryptic species. Population Trend Stable Major Threats Large areas of suitable habitat are remaining. There is some localized habitat loss to general human activities such as collection of wood, logging, and agriculture (crops, livestock etc.). Over harvesting of bromeliads might lead to some localized declines. Conservation Actions In Peru it is present in several protected areas (Pacaya-Samiria Reserve, Alpahuayo Mishana Reserve). In Colombia it is present in Parque Nacional Natural Amacayacu. Citation Javier Icochea, Ariadne Angulo, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Fernando Castro, Jose Vicente Rueda 2004. Syncope carvalhoi. In: IUCN 2012
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