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Atelopus loettersi De la Riva, Castroviejo-Fisher, Chaparro, Boistel, and Padial, 2011
Atelopus loettersi De la Riva, Castroviejo-Fisher, Chaparro, Boistel, and Padial, 2011, Salamandra, 47: 162. Holotype: MHNC 5412, by original designation. Type locality: "km 6.2 from Puente Fortaleza towards Quincemil (13º11′ 08.53″ S, 70º 34′ 58.79″ W, 464 m above sea level), province Quispicanchis, department of Cusco, Peru".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Andean piedmont of southeastern Peru in the departments of Cusco, Madre de Dios, and Puno, encompassing an area of approximately 400 km in length and an altitudinal range of 400–1000 m elevation; likely to extend into northwestern Bolivia.
Comment
Most similar to Atelopus pulcher and Atelopus spumarius according to the original publication.
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