Atelopus carbonerensis Rivero, 1974
La Carbonera stubfoot toad, Venezuelan yellow toad
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Atelopus oxyrhynchus carbonerensis Rivero, 1974
Conservation Status
Last record: 1998 (Jaynes et al., 2022)
Rediscovered on 23 August 2014 / Last record: 23 August 2014
Rediscovered on 7 December 2021 (Barrio-Amorós & Denis Torres, 2023)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Venezuela
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Rivero, J. A. (1972). On Atelopus oxyrhynchus Boulenger (Amphibia, Salientia), with description of a new race and a related new species from the Venezuelan paramos. Boletin Sociedad Venezolana Ciencias Naturales 1972: 600-612.
Other references:
Barrio-Amorós, César and Torres, Denis. (2023). Atelopus carbonerensis Rivero, 1974: A Long-awaited Rediscovery through Citizen Science. Reptiles & Amphibians 30: e18534. https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v30i1.18534
Barrio-Amorós, César L. et al. (2019). Catalogue of the amphibians of Venezuela: Illustrated and annotated species list, distribution, and conservation. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(1) [Special Section]: 1-198 (e180).
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
La Marca, E. (1983). A new frog of the genus Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) from a Venezuelan cloud forest. Milwakee Public Museum, Contributions in Biology and Geology 54: 1-12.
La Marca, Enrique. (1984). Longevity in the Venezuelan yellow frog (Atelopus oxyrhynchus carbonerensis) (Anura: Bufonidae). Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci 87: 66-67. [Abstract]
La Marca, E. (2004). El declive de las ranas de alta montaña en los Andes venezolanos. Reptilia 49: 30-34.
La Marca, E. (2015). Sapito amarillo de La Carbonera, Atelopus carbonerensis. En: J.P. Rodríguez, A. García-Rawlins y F. Rojas-Suárez (eds.) Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana. Cuarta edición. Provita y Fundación Empresas Polar, Caracas, Venezuela. Recuperado de: http://animalesamenazados.provita.org.ve/content/sapito-amarillo-de-la-carbonera Mié, 12/10/2016 - 05:14
Enrique La Marca, Argelia Rodríguez, Juan Elías García-Pérez. (2010). Atelopus carbonerensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 10 February 2013.
Lötters, Stefan et al. (2019). The voice from the hereafter: vocalisations in three species of Atelopus from the Venezuelan Andes, likely to be extinct. Herpetozoa 32: 267-275.
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