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Pristimantis peruvianus
family: Strabomantidae
subfamily: Strabomantinae

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Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
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IUCN (Red List) status: Least Concern (LC).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

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From the IUCN Red List Species Account:

 

Range Description

This species is widespread in the upper Amazon basin of western Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and southern Colombia. It is found at elevations of 200-1,750m asl.

Habitat and Ecology

Primarily it is a terrestrial (and low vegetation) species of upland cloud, flooded lowland and oxbow palm swamp forest (Lynch, 1980; Lynch and Duellman, 1980). A species that breeds by direct development, its egg deposition takes place in leaf-litter. It may also occur in secondary habitat.

Population

It is a common species.

Population Trend

Stable

Major Threats

There are no major threats; it is a widespread species with large areas of suitable habitat remaining. There is some localized habitat loss due to general human activities such as collection of wood, logging, agriculture (crops, livestock etc.), oil exploration and colonization.

Conservation Actions

It is present in a number of protected areas. The range of this species overlaps with Tambopata-Candamo National Reserve (Madre de Dios), Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul in Central Peru and Santiago Comainas Reserve Zone in northern Peru. In Ecuador, its geographic range overlaps with Parque Nacional Sumaco Napo-Galeras, and Parque Nacional Yasuní. It is present in a number of protected areas in Brazil.

Taxonomic Notes

This species is possibly a complex of more than one species.

Citation

Lily Rodríguez, Jorge Luis Martinez, Luis A. Coloma, Santiago Ron 2004. Pristimantis peruvianus. In: IUCN 2012

 

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