Atelopus halihelos Peters, 1973
Morona-Santiago stubfoot toad
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1984 or 1989
Rediscovered in 2010 (Jaynes et al., 2022)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Peters, J. A. (1973). The frog genus Atelopus in Ecuador (Anura: Bufonidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology [1973]: 1-49.
Other references:
Duellman, W.E. and Lynch, J.D. 1988. Anuran amphibians from the Cordillera de Cutucu, Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 140: 125-142.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2018). Atelopus halihelos. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T54517A98641706. Downloaded on 06 July 2018.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2018). Atelopus halihelos (errata version published in 2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T54517A190202584. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T54517A190202584.en. Accessed on 10 July 2022.
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
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Lötters, S. 1996. The Neotropical Toad Genus Atelopus. Checklist - Biology - Distribution. Vences, M. and Glaw, F. Verlags GbR, Köln, Germany.
Martín-Torrijos, L., Sandoval-Sierra, J.V., Muñoz, J., Diéguez-Uribeondo, J., Bosch, J. and Guayasamin, J.M. (2016). Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) threaten Andean amphibians. Neotropical Biodiversity, 2(1): 26-36.
Pounds, J.A., Bustamante, M.R., Coloma, L.A., Consuegra, J.A., Fogden, M.P.L., Foster, P.N., La Marca, E., Masters, K.L., Merino-Viteri, A., Puschendorf, R., Ron, S.R., Sánchez-Azofeifa, G.A., Still, C.J. and Young, B.E. (2006). Widespread amphibian extinctions from epidemic disease driven by global warming. Nature 439: 161-167.
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