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Atelopus simulatus Ruíz-Carranza and Osorno-Muñoz, 1994

Imitating stubfoot toad

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: 2003

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

Colombia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Ruíz-Carranza, P.M. and Osorno-Muñoz, M. (1994). Tres nuevas especies de Atelopus A.M.C. Dumeril and Bibron 1841 (Amphibia: Bufonidae) de la Cordillera Central de Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 1994: 165-179.

 

Other references:

Alonso Quevedo Gil, Jose Vicente Rueda, Wilmar Bolívar. (2004). Atelopus simulatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 10 February 2013.

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://www.inaturalist.org/projects/threatened-amphibian-species-with-habitat-protection-iucn-red-list-forum/assessments/1681-atelopus-simulatus

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/10136/atelopus-simulatus

 

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