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Atelopus petersi Coloma, Lötters, Duellman & Miranda-Leiva, 2007

Peter's harlequin frog (proposed)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 8 November 1996

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

Ecuador

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: QCAZ 300

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Coloma, Luis A., Lötters, S., Duellman, W.E., and Miranda-Leiva, A. (2007). A taxonomic revision of Atelopus pachydermus, and description of two new (extinct?) species of Atelopus from Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Zootaxa 1557: 1-32. [Abstract]

 

Other references:

Luis A. Coloma. (2008). Atelopus petersi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 16 November 2014.

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

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/10147/atelopus-petersi

 

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