MAIISG

Assessment Rationale:

There are three known locations and the area of occupancy is smaller than 20 km2. Potential threats to this species are destruction of the habitat by increasing land-use by the municipality of Vallehermoso. However the destruction of the entire habitat is not very likely. Therefore, it is assessed as Near Threatened (NT), almost meeting Criteria B and D2.

Geographic Range:

This species is endemic to the northern parts of the island of La Gomera. This species is recorded from three locations and six sites.

Population:

There are no data on the population size or trend.

Habitat and Ecology

This species lives in the dry temperate shrub vegetation (Piso basal), pine forests (Pinar) and Fayal-Brezal.

Major Threat(s):

Potential threats to this species are destruction of the habitat by increasing land-use by the municipality of Vallehermoso. However the destruction of the entire habitat is not very likely.

Conservation Actions

There is no conservation action in place for this species.