Craugastor merendonensis
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Craugastor merendonensis faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and logging activities in Honduras's cloud forest ecosystems. 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 1,400-2,400 meters in the Merendón Mountains of northwestern Honduras. It requires cool, humid microhabitats with abundant leaf litter and moss cover, typically found near streams and in areas with persistent fog cover.