Atelopus famelicus Rivero and Morales, 1995

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Atelopus > Species: Atelopus famelicus

Atelopus famelicus Rivero and Morales, 1995 "1992", Brenesia, 38: 29. Holotype: KU 145050, by original designation. Type locality: "La Costa, Departamento del Cauca, Colombia".

Atelopus negreti Ruiz-Carranza, Vélez-Rodriguez, and Ardila-Robayo, 1995, Caldasia, 18: 113. Holotype: ICN 32897, by original designation. Type locality: "Colombia, Departamento del Cauca, Municipio El Tambo, Corregimiento 20 de Julio, Hacienda 'El Tambito' de la Fundación Proselva, ca. 2° 28′ latitud N, 76° 50′ W de Greenwich, 1380–1580 m." Synonymy by Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Lynch, 1996, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 20: 367.

Common Names

None noted.

Distribution

Subdandean forests of the Cordillera Occidental of Cauca (both eastern and western slopes) and Valle de Cauca (western slope), Colombia, 800–1580 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Colombia

Endemic: Colombia

Comment

Previously confused with Atelopus longirostris and Atelopus lynchi, according to the original publication. See map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 165. Castro-Herrera and Bolívar-García, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 76, provided a brief account, photograph, and map.

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