Allobates juanii [SEP] IUCN conservation status
Allobates juanii
Allobates juanii is a species of frog in the Aromobatidae family. It is endemic to Colombia where it is only known from its type locality, a botanical garden in the city of Villavicencio, on the lower slopes of the eastern side of the Cordillera Oriental.
"Allobates juanii" is on the list of critically endangered species of the IUCN because of habitat fragmentation and loss.
juanii and Allobates ranoides.
Status.
According to the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems the Llanos seasonal dry forests are considered "Endangered" due to historic declines in forest cover.
The World Wildlife Fund gives the Apure-Villavicencio dry forests ecoregion a status of "Vulnerable".
Much of the original habitat has been deforested and replaced by farms and livestock ranches.
The illegal cultivation of coca has degraded the environment in Colombia.
On the Venezuela-Colombia border oil refineries have polluted the groundwater and the