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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species is nocturnal and is usually found on vegetation up to 2 m above the ground, but can also be found on leaf litter on the ground. The holotype was collected at night, about 1 m above the ground on a leaf of a bush near a stream in a slightly disturbed area of primary terra firme forest (Brcko et al. 2013). Similar to most of its congeners, this species likely lays eggs which develop directly into metamorphosed juveniles (Wiens et al. 2007). It is unknown whether this species is tolerant to some forms of habitat disturbance as with Bolitoglossa paraensis.
Range:
This species is known only from the western part of Pará state, south of the Amazon river (Brcko et al. 2013). It is known from the municipality of Juruti on the southern bank of the Rio Amazonas, the municipality of Itaituba on the west bank of the Rio Tapajós, the municipality of Trairão on the east bank of the Rio Tapajós, and the municipality of Vitória do Xingú on the west bank of the Rio Xingú (Brcko et al. 2013). This species has been found at elevations between 78–155 m asl.
It is expected to occur at other sites along these two rivers. However, recent fieldwork in the municipalities of Santarém and Aveiro between Juriti and Itaituba did not record the species (A. Lima pers. comm. 2021).
Conservation:
Conservation Actions In-Place
This species has been recorded in Parque Nacional da Amazônia and Floresta Nacional de Itaituba II. However, large areas will be flooded by the planned dams.
Conservation Needed
The management of existing protected areas is crucial to preventing all of the species' riparian habitats from being converted. The possibility of creating additional new areas should be investigated, along with potential actions to mitigate the impacts of planned hydroelectric dams.
Research Needed
More information is needed about this species' distribution, population status, and natural history. Further taxonomic work is needed as this concept may contain undescribed species (Brcko et al. 2013, Jaramillo et al. 2020). Monitoring of subpopulations within close proximity to hydroelectric dams is advisable to assess their effects upon this species.
This species has been recorded in Parque Nacional da Amazônia and Floresta Nacional de Itaituba II. However, large areas will be flooded by the planned dams.
Conservation Needed
The management of existing protected areas is crucial to preventing all of the species' riparian habitats from being converted. The possibility of creating additional new areas should be investigated, along with potential actions to mitigate the impacts of planned hydroelectric dams.
Research Needed
More information is needed about this species' distribution, population status, and natural history. Further taxonomic work is needed as this concept may contain undescribed species (Brcko et al. 2013, Jaramillo et al. 2020). Monitoring of subpopulations within close proximity to hydroelectric dams is advisable to assess their effects upon this species.