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.
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