Assessment Results
Pristimantis myops
Order:
Anura
Family:
Craugastoridae
Synonym(s):
Eleutherodactylus myops
Assessed for:
Colombia
on:
30 Nov 2017
by:
Carlos Eduardo Burbano Yandi
IUCN Global Red List:
Data Deficient (DD)
National Red List:
(not assessed)
Distribution:
Colombia
Evolutionary Distinctiveness score:
14.27466327
Recommended Conservation Actions:
Additional Comments:
Flechas, SV, Paz, A., Crawford, AJ, Sarmiento, C., Acevedo, AA, Arboleda, A., ... y Muñoz, A. (2017). Distribución actual y prevista del hongo patógeno Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis en Colombia, un punto clave de la biodiversidad de anfibios. Biotropica , 49 (5), 685-694.
Fernando Castro, María Isabel Herrera, John Lynch. 2004. Pristimantis myops . La Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas 2004 de la UICN: e.T56783A11521967. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56783A11521967.en . Descargado el 30 de noviembre de 2017 .
| Question # | Short Name | Question Text | Response | Comments |
| 1 | Extinction risk | Current IUCN Red List category. [Data obtained from the IUCN Red List.] | Data Deficient (DD) | Según el portal de la UICN 2017, se sugiere actualizar la evaluación (http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/56783/0). |
| 2 | Possibly extinct | Is there a strong possibility that this species might be extinct in the wild? | No / unlikely | Es una especie que se conoce en los museo del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN) y Colección de Herpetología de la Universidad del Valle, desde 1997. Muestreos realizados en el año 2016, por el grupo de Ecología Animal de la Universidad del Valle, encontraron poblaciones de esta especie en los bosques andinos del municipio del Dovio. Se desconoce el estado poblacional de la especie en Antioquia. Según Castro et al (2004), en general para esta especie, las poblaciones se consideran con tendencias desconocidas. |
| 3 | Phylogenetic significance | The taxon’s Evolutionary Distinctiveness (ED) score, as generated by the ZSL EDGE program. (These data are not editable by Assessors). | ED value < 20 | |
| 4 | Protected habitat | Is a population of at least 50% of the individuals of the taxon included within a well-managed or reliably protected area or areas? | Yes / probably | Reserva Natural Cerro de El Inglés y localidad de San José del Palmar |
| 5 | Habitat for reintroduction, conservation translocation or supplementation | Does enough well-managed and reliably protected habitat exist, either within or outside of currently protected areas that is suitable for conservation translocation, including population restoration or conservation introduction? | Yes / probably | Reserva Natural Cerro de El Inglés y localidad de San José del Palmar |
| 6 | Previous reintroductions | Have reintroduction or translocation attempts been made in the past for this species? | No | |
| 7 | In situ conservation activities | Are any in situ conservation actions currently in place for this species? (Only required if a Red List Assessment has not been completed, or if new actions have been implemented since the last Red List Assessment. (Information from the Conservation Actions section of the Red List assessment should be reviewed and considered when answering this question.). | ||
| 8 | In situ conservation activities | Are additional in situ conservation actions required to help conserve this species in the wild (e.g. habitat restoration and/or protection, control of invasive species, national legislation etc.)? | ||
| 9 | In situ research | Is additional in situ research required to better understand the species, e.g. distribution, population trends, natural history etc.? | ||
| 10 | Threat mitigation | Are the threats facing the taxon, including any new and emerging threats not considered in the IUCN Red List, potentially reversible? | Threats unknown | Castro et al (2004), mencionan las principales amenazas para la especie, que son la destrucción del hábitat para implementar sistemas agropecuarios, así como la contaminación química por la fumigación de los cultivos, que ha degradado las condiciones del bosque. Lamentablemente, aún se sigue careciendo de una investigación que devele los principales factores que están incidiendo abruptamente en los atributos ecológicos claves de esta especie, haciéndola vulnerable a factores naturales o antrópicos, de algunos incluso conocemos sus efectos en otras especies del género, como los patógenos. Esta especie habita un área con la presencia del hongo quitrído, por fortuna aún no se ha registrado infectada, según Flechas et al (2017), cuatro individuos evaluados dieron negativo al patógeno. |
| 11 | Over-collection from the wild | Is the taxon suffering from collection within its natural range, either for food, for the pet trade or for any other reason, which threatens the species’ continued persistence in the wild? | No / unlikely | |
| 12 | Population recovery | Is the known population of this species in the wild large enough to recover naturally, without ex situ intervention if threats are mitigated? | Yes / probably | |
| 13 | Action plans | Does an Action Plan for the species already exist, or is one currently being developed? | ||
| 14 | Biological distinctiveness | Does the taxon exhibit a distinctive reproductive mode, behaviour, aspect of morphology or physiology, within the Order to which it belongs (e.g. Anura, Passeriformes etc.)? | No aspect of biology known to be exceptional | |
| 15 | Cultural/socio-economic importance | Does the taxon have a special human cultural value (e.g. as a national or regional symbol, in a historic context, featuring in traditional stories) or economic value (e.g. food, traditional medicine, tourism) within its natural range or in a wider global context? | No | |
| 16 | Scientific importance | Is the species vital to current or planned research other than species-specific ecology/biology/conservation within the Order to which it belongs (e.g. Anura, Passeriformes etc.) e.g. human medicine, climate change, environmental pollutants and conservation science? | No research dependent on this species | |
| 17 | Ex situ research | Does conserving this species (or closely related species) in situ depend upon research that can be most easily carried out ex situ? | No | A pesar de la utilidad de un programa de conservación ex situ, con esta especie es necesario abordar otros temas de investigación como: 1- Tamaño de la población, distribución y tendencias; 2- Historia de vida y ecología; 3-Amenazas; 4-Comportamiento, 5-Tendencias de la población (monitoreo). |
| 18 | Ex situ conservation activities | Is any ex situ research or other ex situ conservation action currently in place for this species? (Information from the Conservation Actions section of the Red List assessment should be reviewed and considered when answering this question.) | ||
| 19 | Husbandry analog required | If an ex situ rescue program is recommended for this species, would an analog species be required to develop husbandry protocols first? | ||
| 20 | Husbandry analog | Do the biological and ecological attributes of this species make it suitable for developing husbandry regimes for more threatened related species? i.e. could this species be used in captivity to help to develop husbandry and breeding protocols which could be used for a similar, but more endangered species at a later stage? | No | |
| 21 | Captive breeding | Has this species been successfully bred and/or maintained in captivity? | Not held in captivity to date | |
| 22 | Conservation education/ecotourism potential | Is the species especially diurnal, active or colourful, or is there an interesting or unusual aspect of its ecology that make it particularly suitable to be an educational ambassador for conservation of the species in the range country, either in zoos or aquariums or within ecotourism activities? | No | |
| 23 | Mandate | Is there an existing conservation mandate recommending the ex situ conservation of this taxon? | No | |
| 24 | Range State approval | If an ex situ initiative was proposed for this species, would it be supported (and approved) by the range State (either within the range State or out-of-country ex situ)? | Yes / probably | |
| 25 | Founder specimens | Are sufficient animals of the taxon available or potentially available (from wild or captive sources) to initiate an ex situ program, if one was recommended? | Yes / probably | |
| 26 | Taxonomic status | Has a complete taxonomic analysis of the species in the wild been carried out, to fully understand the functional unit you wish to conserve (i.e. have species limits been determined)? | Unknown | Research into species validity needs to be prioritised. |
Citation:
Carlos Eduardo Burbano Yandi. 2017. Conservation Needs Assessment for Pristimantis myops, Colombia.
https://conservationneeds.org/assessment/4257
Accessed 04 Feb 2025
