Atelopus nepiozomus Peters, 1973

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

Atelopus nepiozomus Peters, 1973, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 145: 32. Holotype: USNM 193543, by original designation. Type locality: "slightly above Suro Rancho (also called Gualecenita), a single house on the trail between Limón and Gualeceo, approximately 16 kilometers airline west of Limón (which is now known as General Plaza), Morona Santiago Province, Ecuador, approximately 3000 meters".

Common Names

Diaper Harlequin Frog (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxx). 

Rana Arlequín de Pañal (Spanish: Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxx).

Gualecenita Stubfoot Toad (IUCN, 2022; Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 39).

Distribution

Southeastern slopes of the Cordillera Oriental in Cañar and Morona Santiago provinces, Ecuador, from 1575 to 3062 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

Comment

In the Atelopus ignescens group of Lynch, 1993, Alytes, 11: 77–87. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 171. Nogales-Sornosa and Rueda-Almonacid, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 94, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Yánez-Muñoz, Veintimilla, Smith, Altamirano-Benavides, and Franklin, 2011 "2010", Avanc. Cienc. Ingen., Quito, Secc. B,, 2 (3) : B74–B77, reported on new populations (although this disputed on the Anfibios de Ecuador website) and conservation status. Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: 238–239, provided an account, with photographs, which summarized identification, adult morphology, systematics, natural history, distribution (including a dot map), and conservation.

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