Craugastor olanchano
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Craugastor olanchano faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to agricultural expansion and logging activities in its limited montane forest range in Honduras. The species' extremely restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to local environmental changes, with deforestation for coffee cultivation and cattle ranching fragmenting its remaining habitat. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the cool, humid conditions this high-elevation specialist requires for survival.
Habitat
This species inhabits cloud forests and pine-oak forests at elevations between 1,400-2,000 meters in the mountains of central Honduras. It requires cool, humid montane environments with dense canopy cover and abundant leaf litter for foraging and reproduction.