Centrolene pipilata
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Centrolene pipilata faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development in its limited Andean cloud forest range. The species is particularly vulnerable to chytrid fungal infections, which have devastated glass frog populations throughout Central and South America. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the delicate moisture and temperature conditions required for this species' survival in high-altitude cloud forests.
Habitat
This glass frog inhabits pristine cloud forests at elevations between 1,800-2,400 meters in the Andes, requiring areas with consistent moisture and dense vegetation near clear mountain streams. The species depends on undisturbed forest canopy for breeding and the presence of clean, fast-flowing water for larval development.
