Craugastor stadelmani
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Craugastor stadelmani faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development in Guatemala's cloud forest regions. The species is particularly vulnerable to chytrid fungal infections, which have devastated amphibian populations throughout Central America. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the cool, moist conditions essential for this montane species' survival.
Habitat
This species inhabits montane cloud forests and pine-oak forests at elevations between 1,400-2,100 meters in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes of Guatemala. It requires cool, humid microhabitats with abundant leaf litter and moss cover, typically found near streams and seepages in these high-altitude forest ecosystems.