itude ▁p á ram o ▁grass land , ▁ever green ▁mont ane ▁for ests , ▁and ▁dry ▁mont ane ▁scr ub land ▁at ▁elev ations ▁of ▁ ▁above ▁sea ▁level . ▁During ▁day time , ▁adult s ▁usually ▁occur ▁beneath ▁rocks ▁and ▁in ▁we edy ▁veget ation ▁in ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁edge ▁of ▁streams . ▁Bre eding ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁streams . ▁ ▁This ▁species ▁was ▁formerly ▁reason ably ▁common ▁and ▁is ▁histor ically ▁known ▁from ▁several ▁locations . ▁However , ▁it ▁has ▁decl ined ▁dram atically ▁and ▁might ▁now ▁be ▁ext inct . ▁The ▁last ▁record ▁is ▁from ▁ ▁Lag unas ▁de ▁A til lo ▁( Ch im bor az o ▁Province ) ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁Later ▁surve ys ▁to ▁historic ▁sites ▁have ▁not ▁resulted ▁in ▁any ▁new ▁records . ▁The ▁possible ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁decl ine ▁include ▁disease ▁and ▁par as ites ▁( e . g ., ▁ch y tr idi omy cos is ), ▁ab normal ▁clim atic ▁conditions , ▁and ▁habitat ▁destruction ▁and ▁de grad ation ▁caused ▁by ▁agricult ural ▁development ▁and ▁human ▁settlement . ▁ ▁Trad itionally , ▁species ▁in ▁the ▁genus ▁Tel mat ob ius ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁collected ▁for ▁food . ▁Part s ▁of ▁the ▁historic ▁range ▁fall ▁within ▁national ▁par ks , ▁not ably ▁El ▁C aj as ▁National ▁Park . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁n iger ▁Category : Am ph ib ians ▁of ▁the ▁And es ▁Category : Am ph ib ians ▁of ▁E cuador ▁Category : End em ic