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Atelopus gigas Coloma, Duellman, Almendáriz, Ron, Terán-Valdez & Guayasamin, 2010

Giant stubfoot toad (proposed)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 1970

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

Colombia & Ecuador

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Coloma, Luis A. et al. (2010). Five new (extinct?) species of Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) from Andean Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Zootaxa 2574: 1-54.

 

Other references:

IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2017). Atelopus gigas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T18435526A56602058. Downloaded on 11 December 2017.

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

Rödder, D., Kielgast, J., Bielby, J., Schmidtlein, S., Bosch, J., Garner, T.W.J., Veith, M., Walker, S., Fisher, M., Löetters, S. (2009). Global Amphibian Extinction Risk Assessment for the Panzootic Chytrid Fungus. Diversity 1(1): 52-66.

Ron, S. R. and Merino, A. (2000). Amphibian declines in Ecuador: overview and first report of chytridiomycosis from South America. FrogLog 42: 2-3.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16054/atelopus-gigas

 

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