Atelopus mucubajiensis Rivero, 1972 (1974?)
Mucobaji stubfoot toad
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1994
Rediscovered in 12 September 2004
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
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, C. L. (2004). Atelopus mucubajiensis still survives in the Andes of Venezuela: Preliminary Report. Froglog 2004: 2-3.
Gross, Jetzabel. (2008). Declive en poblaciones de seis especies de anfibios anuros del Páramo de Mucubají, estado Mérida, Venezuela. Herpetotropicos 5(1): 9-20.
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
Lampo, M., Barrio-Amorós, C., and Han, B. (2006a). Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in the recently rediscovered Atelopus mucubajiensis (Anura, Bufonidae), a critically endangered frog from the Venezuelan Andes. EcoHealth DOI: 10.1007/s10393-006-0068-y.
Lampo, M., Barrio-Amorós, C., and Han, B. (2006b). Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection in the Recently Rediscovered Atelopus mucubajiensis (Anura, Bufonidae), a Critically Endangered Frog from the Venezuelan Andes. EcoHealth 3(4): 299-302. [Abstract]
Enrique La Marca, Suleima Santiago, Stefan Lötters, Juan Elías García-Pérez, César Luis Barrio Amorós. (2010). Atelopus mucubajiensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 May 2014.
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.
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)]