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This species is endemic to the Sierra de Aroa, Venezuela, and is known from a single locality at 1730 m a.s.l. It likely occurs from 1500 to 1945 m a.s.l.

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It lives in cloud forest.

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Deforestation and climate change both pose threats to this species. The authors who described the species suggested that there is a high probability that the cloud forests in Sierra de Aroa would be destroyed within the next 20 years, either by deforestation or fire.

• 2.3.2 Small-holder grazing, ranching or farming
• 11.1 Habitat shifting & alteration
• 7.1.3 Trend Unknown/Unrecorded

The Parque Nacional Yurubi covers the northeastern extent of the Sierra de Aroa, where this species lives.

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