Atelopus laetissimus Ruíz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo & Hernández-Camacho, 1994
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1992
Rediscovered in 22 May 2006
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Colombia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ruiz-Carranza, P.M., Ardila-Robayo, M.C. and Hernández-Camacho, J.A. (1994). Tres nuevas especies de Atelopus (Amphibia: Bufonidae) de la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 1994: 153-163.
Other references:
Carvajalino-Fernández, J.M., Cuadrado-Peña, B. and Ramírez-Pinilla, M.P. (2008). Registros adicionales de Atelopus nahumae y Atelopus laetissimus para la Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Actual Biol 30(88): 97-103.
Granda-Rodríguez HD, Montes-Correa AC, Jiménez-Bolaño JD, Alaniz AJ, Cattan PE, Hernáez P. 2020. Insights into the natural history of the endemic Harlequin Toad, Atelopus laetissimus Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Hernández-Camacho, 1994 (Anura: Bufonidae), in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(1) [General Section]: 29-42 (e221).
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2014). Atelopus laetissimus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 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
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]