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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 is known only from Serra do Espinhaço and Serra do Caraça, in the state of Minas Gerais, in south-eastern Brazil, where it is found above 800m asl. Its distribution is poorly known, and it might occur more widely. Habitat and Ecology It is a species that is found in shrubland and grassland, which breeds in temporary puddles or swamps where it makes floating foam nests. It probably does not adapt well to anthropogenic disturbance. Population The population status of this species is unknown. Population Trend Unknown Major Threats It is possibly affected by fire, expanding human settlements, and disturbance resulting from tourism. Conservation Actions This species might occur at the Parque Nacional da Serra do Cipó. It is known to occur at Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Santuário do Caraça (Canelas and Bertoluci, 2007). Citation Luciana Barreto Nascimento, Paula Cabral Eterovick, Guarino Colli, Débora Silvano 2010. Physalaemus evangelistai. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use