Atelopus
Description | Atelopus is a large genus of true toads, commonly known as harlequin toads or stubfoot toads, from Central and South America, ranging as far north as Costa Rica and as far south as Bolivia. Atelopus species are small, generally brightly colored, and diurnal. Most species are associated with mid-to-high elevation streams. This genus has been greatly affected by amphibian declines, and many species are now considered endangered, while others already are extinct. While threatened by habitat loss, pollution, and introduced species, the primary cause of these declines appears to be the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. For example, there are 32 known Atelopus species (including half a dozen undescribed) in Ecuador. One of these is data deficient (its status is unclear), two are endangered and the remaining are critically endangered. Almost half the Ecuador species have not been recorded in a decade or more and are likely extinct. In some species conservationists have established captive colonies as a safeguard. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atelopus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Bufonidae : Atelopus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scientific Name | Atelopus Duméril & Bibron, 1841 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | (Roret's Suite à Buffon) Erpét., 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atelopus |
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Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Atelopus andinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus angelito species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus ardila species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus arsyecue species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus arthuri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus balios species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus bomolochos species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus boulengeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus carauta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus carbonerensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus carrikeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus certus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus chiriquiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus chocoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus chrysocorallus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus coynei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus cruciger species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus dimorphus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus ebenoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus epikeisthos species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus erythropus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus eusebianus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus eusebiodiazi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus exiguus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus famelicus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus farci species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus flavescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus flaviventris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus franciscus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus galactogaster species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus gigas species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus glyphus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus gracilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus guanujo species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus guitarraensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus halihelos species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus hoogmoedi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus ignescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus laetissimus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus limosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus longibrachius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus longirostris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus lozanoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus lynchi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus mandingues species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus mindoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus minutulus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus mittermeieri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus monohernandezii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus mucubajiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus muisca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus nahumae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus nanay species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus nepiozomus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus nicefori species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus nocturnus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus onorei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus orcesi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus oxapampae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus oxyrhynchus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus pachydermus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus palmatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus pastuso species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus patazensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus pedimarmoratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus peruensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus petersi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus petriruizi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus pictiventris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus pinangoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus planispina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus podocarpus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus pulcher species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus pyrodactylus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus quimbaya species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus reticulatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus sanjosei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus seminiferus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus senex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus sernai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus simulatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus siranus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus sonsonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus sorianoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus spumarius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus spurrelli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus subornatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus tamaense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus tricolor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus varius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus vermiculatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus vogli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus walkeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atelopus zeteki species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
References
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
SN2000/Frost, 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Frost, Darrel R., 1997: null. Amphibian Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
(Roret's Suite à Buffon) Erpét., 8 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/ . - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Arch. Naturgesch., 8 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |