Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Geobatrachus walkeri (Geobatrachus walkeri), recorded as Endangered
Geobatrachus walkeri (Geobatrachus walkeri). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Geobatrachus walkeri

Geobatrachus walkeri

Geobatrachus walkeri is a rainfrog in the family Craugastoridae (order Anura), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Geobatrachus walkeri
Taxonomy
Amphibia · Anura · Craugastoridae · Geobatrachus

Range and habitat

It is endemic to Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Direct-developing rainfrogs live in wet forest. They do not need a pond, which is why a logged hillside can erase a species.

Calling males and egg sites define most frog field work. A species known from one ridge is as narrow as it sounds.

In crisis

Direct-developing frogs vanish with the forest floor. There is no pond population waiting off-site.

Geobatrachus walkeri is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Geobatrachus walkeri, Wikidata item Q2210063. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Geobatrachus walkeri?
Geobatrachus walkeri is a rainfrog in the family Craugastoridae (order Anura).
What is the conservation status of Geobatrachus walkeri?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Geobatrachus walkeri. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Geobatrachus walkeri live?
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Why is Geobatrachus walkeri in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Geobatrachus walkeri?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Geobatrachus walkeri a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.