CRCritically Endangered
Plectrohyla exquisita
Declining
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Plectrohyla exquisita faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to agricultural expansion and logging activities in its montane cloud forest habitat. The species' extremely limited range makes it particularly vulnerable to localized environmental changes, while climate change poses additional risks by altering the moisture-dependent cloud forest ecosystem it requires for survival.
Habitat
This species inhabits montane cloud forests at elevations between 1,500-2,500 meters in Central America. It requires the consistently moist, fog-shrouded environment typical of these high-altitude tropical forests.
Forest· majorForest - Temperate· majorWetlands (inland) - Permanent rivers/streams· major
Conservation measures underway
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