Pentagonia orthoneura
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Pentagonia orthoneura faces severe population decline primarily due to extensive deforestation and habitat fragmentation across its limited range in Central American cloud forests. Agricultural expansion, particularly cattle ranching and coffee cultivation, has eliminated much of its specialized montane habitat. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the temperature and humidity conditions essential for this species' survival in high-elevation ecosystems.
Habitat
This species inhabits pristine cloud forests and montane rainforests at elevations between 1,200-2,000 meters in Central America. It requires dense, humid forest canopy with specific temperature and moisture conditions typical of high-elevation tropical ecosystems.