Where they're found
In isolated rainforest areas of the Sipaliwini Savannah in Surinam(e), South America.
Survival threats
Threatened by the fragmentation of its tropical rainforest habitat.
Conservation status
In 2004, it was placed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with a 'vulnerable' status - meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.
Conservation action
In 1997 the National Aquarium in Baltimore, in the USA, initiated a captive-breeding program within the Sipaliwini Protected Area, which has been very successful and now involves more than 20 other institutions.
