Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Brazil View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper.

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IUCN (Red List) status: Least Concern (LC).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species is known from the States of Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas and northeastern Bahia, in coastal northeastern Brazil. It occurs patchily within its range, not in all areas of apparently suitable habitat. It occurs up to 800 masl. Habitat and Ecology It lives in terrestrial and arboreal bromeliads, and in forest-floor leaf-litter inside primary and secondary forest. It is dependent upon bromeliads in which lays its eggs. The larvae develop in bromeliads. It does not survive in heavily degraded habitats. Population It occurs patchily, but is common where it occurs. Population Trend Decreasing Major Threats The major threats are habitat loss due to agricultural expansion, livestock grazing, clear-cutting, and collection of bromeliads, wood plantations and human settlement. Conservation Actions It occurs in several protected areas. Citation Ariadne Angulo 2008. Frostius pernambucensis. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use