Overview
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Critically Endangered |
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Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It occurs on vegetation, mosses and in leaf-litter along streams
in Andean forests
and páramos. It has not been recorded from disturbed
habitat
. The tadpoles
develop in streams.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 4 Grassland
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
()
- Order:
Anura
()
- (Fischer von Waldheim, 1813) Gray, 1825
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
()
- Reig, 1958
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
()
- Superfamily:
Bufonoidea
(
- Suborder:
Neobatrachia
(
- Order:
Anura
(
- Infraclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Subclass:
Lissamphibia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 01-Sep-2009
The northernmost population of this species is sometimes regarded
as a separate species (Atelopus marinkellei).[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Atelopus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 18 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. bomolochos (Azuay Stubfoot Toad) · A. carauta (Rio Carauta Stubfoot Toad) · A. carbonerensis (Venezuelan Yellow Frog) · A. cruciger (Rancho Grande Harlequin Frog) · A. cruciger cruciger (Rancho Grande Harlequin Frog) · A. flavescens (Cayenne Stubfoot Toad) · A. ignescens (Quito Stubfoot Toad) · A. peruensis (Peru Stubfoot Toad) · A. pinangoi (Green And Red Venter Harlequin Toad) · A. sorianoi (Scarlet Harlequin Toad) · A. spumarius (Pebas Stubfoot Toad) · A. tamaense (Tam? Harlequin Frog) · A. tamaensis (Tamá Harlequin Frog) · A. tricolor (Three-Coloured Harlequin Toad) · A. varius (Clown Frog) · A. varius varius (Harlequin Frog) · A. varius zeteki (Panamanian Golden Frog) · A. zeteki (Cerro Camapana Stubfoot Toad)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 122, p. 644, p. 650.
- Supplementary catalogue of type specimens of reptiles and amphibians in Field Museum of Natural History / Hymen Marx. 69 1976 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1976. url p. 43.
Notes
Contributors
- Alberto Cadena, Andrs Acosta-Galvis, Wilmar Bolvar, John Lynch 2004. Atelopus ebenoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Cadena, A., Acosta-Galvis, A., Bolívar, W. & Lynch, J. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475624
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-207211
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 207211
- IUCN ID: 193294
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 137442
Footnotes
- Alberto Cadena, Andrés Acosta-Galvis, Wilmar Bolívar, John Lynch 2004. Atelopus ebenoides. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
