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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 the Itatiaia Mountains at around 2,200m asl on the border of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, in south-eastern Brazil. Habitat and Ecology It lives in primary forest in and around streams (in which it breeds) and cascades with clear running water. The males calls from stones or secluded places under rocks at the margins of the streams. Population It is an uncommon species. Population Trend Decreasing Major Threats The major threats to this species are probably related to habitat loss due to logging, tourism and fire. Conservation Actions It occurs in Parque Nacional do Itatiaia. Citation Luciana Barreto Nascimento, Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz 2004. Hylodes regius. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use