Critically Endangered
Phrynopus juninensis
Phrynopus juninensis
Phrynopus juninensis is a rainfrog in the family Craugastoridae (order Anura), recorded as Critically Endangered and tied to Peru.
Appearance
A relatively large species of its genus, Phrynopus juninensis males measure 22–31 mm (0.9–1.2 in) and females 33–41 mm (1.3–1.6 in) in snout–vent length. The snout is rounded in lateral view. Dorsal coloration is dark brown with tan spots above and silvery-white flecks below.
Range and habitat
It is endemic to Peru and only known from Cascas near Huasihuasi, Department of Junín.
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
It is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural activities. It is also potentially threatened by harvesting of Sphagnum mosses.
Direct-developing frogs vanish with the forest floor. There is no pond population waiting off-site.
Phrynopus juninensis is Critically 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 Phrynopus juninensis, Wikidata item Q2239439. 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.
