Strabomantis cadenai
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Strabomantis cadenai faces severe threats from rapid deforestation and agricultural expansion throughout its extremely limited range in the Colombian Andes. The species' restriction to high-elevation cloud forests makes it particularly vulnerable to climate change, as warming temperatures force suitable habitat upslope with nowhere left to retreat. Mining activities and infrastructure development further fragment the remaining forest patches, while the species' direct development (no aquatic tadpole stage) limits its ability to disperse and recolonize disturbed areas.
Habitat
This critically endangered frog inhabits montane cloud forests and humid premontane forests at elevations between 1,800-2,400 meters in the Colombian Andes. It requires pristine forest conditions with high humidity, dense canopy cover, and abundant leaf litter where it breeds through direct development without requiring water bodies.