Gray wood frog  (Batrachyla leptopus)

Threats

Owing to the gray wood frog’s wide distribution and presumed large population, it is not currently considered to be globally threatened. This species’ habitat has, however, been degraded or cleared for exotic tree plantations and human settlements in some locations, particularly in the northern part of its range (1).

Conservation

The gray wood frog occurs in many protected areas, and even in areas where it does not receive protection, it is tolerant of a degree of deforestation (1). Nevertheless, it is but one of a number of remarkable frog species found in the temperate Northogfagus forests of southern Chile (4), a habitat which is strongly in need of protective legislation in order to preserve the unique wildlife that it contains (1).

View information on this species at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
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