Assessment Results
Pristimantis ptochus
Order:
Anura
Family:
Craugastoridae
Synonym(s):
Eleutherodactylus ptochus
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:
10.60450379
Recommended Conservation Actions:
Additional Comments:
Fernando Castro, María Isabel Herrera, John Lynch. 2004. Pristimantis ptochus . La Lista Roja de Especies Amenazadas 2004 de la UICN: e.T56885A11537462. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T56885A11537462.en . Descargado el 30 de noviembre de 2017 .
Acosta-Galvis, A.R. 2000. Ranas, Salamandras y Caecilias (Tetrapoda: Amphibia) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana: 289-319.
Corredor, L. G., Velásquez, E. B., Velasco, V. J. A., Castro, F., Bolivar, W., & Salazar, V. M. L. (2010). Plan de acción para la conservación de los anfibios del departamento del Valle del Cauca. CVC. Colombia.
| 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) | Desde el año 2004 no se ha modificado esta categoría, sin embargo en la evaluación de la UICN Red List 2017 (http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/56885/0), se sugiere hacer su actualización. |
| 2 | Possibly extinct | Is there a strong possibility that this species might be extinct in the wild? | No / unlikely | No se considera extinta. Hay registros de individuos en el Instituto de Ciencias Naturales (ICN) del año 1997 y en la colección de herpetología de la Universidad del Valle, del año 2004. Estos registros son para los departamentos de Valle del Cauca, municipio del Cairo y departamento de Choco, en el municipio de San José del Palmar. Otros autores, como Acosta (2000) la ubican para el departamento de Risaralda, pero se desconoce el estado de esas poblaciones. En excursiones realizadas en el año 2015, por el Grupo de Ecología Animal de la Universidad del Valle, se lograron ubicar otras poblaciones hacia el sector de Miralindo, en el municipio del Cairo. Cabe resaltar que en el Valle del Cauca, para esta especie el plan de acción de anfibios, propone realizar una investigación para conocer el estado de su población y conocer su tendencia (Corredor et al. (2010). |
| 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? | Unknown | Su distribución potencial abarca dos áreas protegidas, el Parque Nacional Natural Tatama y el Distrito Regional de Manejo Integrado Cuchilla de San Juan. No obstante, se debe corroborar la presencia de esta especie en estas áreas. |
| 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 | Algunos hábitats se traslapan con áreas protegidas donde se podría efectuar estas actividades |
| 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 como amenazas, la transformación del hábitat y su degradación, además de la súbita desaparición de sus poblaciones y que se le atribuye al hongo quítrido. En la actualidad, aún no existen elementos concluyentes que permitan identificar sus amenazas y las consecuencias que pueden estar ocasionando a los atributos ecológicos claves de la especie y que la estén haciendo susceptible a una extinción. |
| 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? | Unknown | |
| 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 | Es necesario abordar las investigaciones in situ, con lo cual se puedan identificar aspectos poblacionales esenciales para conocer la tendencia de esta especie. |
| 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)? | No / unlikely | |
| 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? | Unknown | Research into availability of founders needs to be prioritised. |
| 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 ptochus, Colombia.
https://conservationneeds.org/assessment/4259
Accessed 01 Feb 2025
