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Atelopus limosus Ibáñez, Jaramillo & Solís, 1995

Limosa harlequin frog 

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: December 2002

Rediscovered in April 2007

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

 

Distribution

Panama (central)

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Ibáñez-D.R., Jaramillo, C.A. and Solis, F.A. (1995). Una especie nueva de Atelopus (Amphibia: Bufonidae) de Panama. Caribbean Journal of Science [1995]: 57-64.

 

Other references:

Klocke B, Estrada A, Mataya M, Medina D, Baitchman E, Belden L, Guerrel J, Evans M, Baughman J, Connette G, Illueca E, Ibáñez R and Gratwicke B. (2023). Movement and survival of captive-bred Limosa harlequin frogs (Atelopus limosus) released into the wild. Front. Amphib. Reptile Sci. 1: 1205938. https://doi.org/10.3389/famrs.2023.1205938

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

Frank Solís, Roberto Ibáñez, César Jaramillo, Querube Fuenmayor. (2004). Atelopus limosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 January 2015.

http://www.atelopus.com/index.php?page=a-limosus

 

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