Range Description This species is known from the Marcapata Valley, (Departamento Cusco); Tutumbaro, Río Piene, (Ayacucho); valley of the Río Cosñipata (Cusco); in Peru. In Bolivia, it is present in Departamentos La Paz; Cochabamba; Santa Cruz, and Chuquisaca. It has an altitudinal range of 500-2,100m asl.
Habitat and Ecology Its habitat is in the montane tropical forest and cloud forest. It breeds in streams and can occur in slightly disturbed forest.
Population It is a common species.
Population Trend decreasing
Major Threats No threats in Bolivia; localized habitat loss in Peru.
Conservation Actions Given its known habitat and geographic distribution, this species might occur in Parque Nacional Manu and Amarakaeri Reserved Zone. Present in several protected areas in Bolivia.
Red List Status Least Concern (LC)
Rationale Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
Taxonomic Notes This species is a complex of more than one species (possibly three species involved)
Citation Ariadne Angulo, Steffen Reichle, Jörn Köhler, Jesús Córdova-Santa Gadea 2004. Rhinella veraguensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T54792A11192672. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54792A11192672.en .Downloaded on 19 February 2019
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