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1 December 2014 Diversity and Conservation of the Amphibians of Bolivia
Ignacio De la Riva, Steffen Reichle
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Abstract

In the past decades, herpetologists have studied intensively the amphibians of Bolivia, increasing dramatically the number of species known for the country. There are currently 266 species recorded, but this number will increase with the addition of many new country records and the description of species new to science, especially within Andean Craugastoridae. Deforestation, habitat destruction (mostly due to agriculture), water pollution, and chytridiomycosis are the main causes of amphibian declines in Bolivia. Andean frogs are much more affected than lowland species. Infection by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is widespread. Forest species of the Andean genus Telmatobius have disappeared from known sites and some other Andean taxa have declined severely. Here, we revise the International Union for Conservation of Nature conservation status categories for some species of anurans. Public awareness is increasing thanks to different local initiatives addressing projects to protect Bolivian amphibians.

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Ignacio De la Riva and Steffen Reichle "Diversity and Conservation of the Amphibians of Bolivia," Herpetological Monographs 28(1), 46-65, (1 December 2014). https://doi.org/10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-13-00009
Accepted: 1 July 2014; Published: 1 December 2014
KEYWORDS
Anurans, chytridiomycosis
Endemism
protected areas
Telmatobius
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