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Atelopus elegans (Boulenger, 1882)

Elegant stubfoot toad

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1994

Rediscovered in 2006

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

 

Distribution

Colombia & Ecuador

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Boulenger, G. A. (1882). Account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. Edward Whymper in Ecuador in 1879-80. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser 5, ix(54): 457-467.

 

Other references:

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2019). Atelopus elegans. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T54505A49535183. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T54505A49535183.en. Accessed on 30 November 2022.

Jaynes, Kyle E. et al. (2022). Harlequin frog rediscoveries provide insights into species persistence in the face of drastic amphibian declines. Biological Conservation 276: 109784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109784

 

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