AMPHIBIAWEB
Hyalinobatrachium duranti
family: Centrolenidae

© 2008 César L. Barrio Amoros (1 of 1)
Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Venezuela
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IUCN (Red List) status: Data Deficient (DD).
For Red List information on this species, see the threat category on the Global Amphibian Assessment Web site.

 
Information below is from the Global Amphibian Assessment website, made available here by kind permission of IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Conservation International and NatureServe.
Geographic Range


Range Comments: This species is known from a few localities in the Sierra de la Culata and the Sierra Nevada de Mérida, in the central part of the Venezuelan Andes, in Mérida State, between 1,800 and 2,400m asl. Its distribution is not well known, and it might occur more widely.
Biogeographic Realm(s): Neotropical
Distribution Status:
Native Venezuela


Population
It is not a common species.
Habitat and Ecology
It is found along cascading mountain streams in montane cloud forests. Eggs are laid on leaves overhanging streams. The males care for the eggs, and then when they hatch, the larvae fall into the water below where they continue their development.
Biomes: Terrestrial, Freshwater
Habitats: (See complete standardized list of habitats)
Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)
Major Threats
The threats to this species are unknown, although in several parts of its range human activities such as agricultural development might have affected some populations.

Specific Threat (See complete standardized list of threats) Past Present Future
1 Habitat Loss/Degradation (human induced)
   1.1 Agriculture
     1.1.1 Crops
       1.1.1.2 Small-holder farming
     1.1.4 Livestock
       1.1.4.2 Small-holder
6 Pollution (affecting habitat and/or species)
   6.3 Water pollution
     6.3.1 Agriculture
     6.3.2 Domestic
     6.3.8 Sewage
7 Natural disasters
   7.2 Storms/flooding

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