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Atelopus ardila Coloma, Duellman, Almendáriz, Ron, Terán-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2010
Atelopus ardila Coloma, Duellman, Almendáriz C., Ron, Terán-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2010, Zootaxa, 2574: 3. Holotype: KU 200214, by original designation. Type locality: "7.5 km E of Pasto, on road to Laguna La Cocha (= Lago Guamuez) (ca. 1° 12′ N, 77° 13′ W; 2800 m), Vereda San Fernando, Departamento Nariño, Colombia".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Paramo and subparamo habitats at elevations of 2800–3280 m on the region and surrounding areas between Volcán Galeras eastward to Laguna de la Cocha (also known as Laguna del Encano) in the Pasto Massif of the Andean Cordillera, in Department of Nariño and the upper portion of the Valle de Sibundoy, Department of Putumayo, southern Colombia.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Colombia
Endemic: Colombia
Comment
Confused with Atelopus ignescens prior to its naming and likely extinct or nearly so according to the original publication.
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