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Atelopus petersi Coloma, Lötters, Duellman, and Miranda-Leiva, 2007
Atelopus petersi Coloma, Lötters, Duellman, and Miranda-Leiva, 2007, Zootaxa, 1557: 11. Holotype: QCAZ 300, by original designation. Type locality: "Ecuador: Provincia Napo: Cantón Quijos: near Oyacachi, (00°12′36″S, 78°42′00″ W; approximately 3200 m above seal level".
Common Names
Peters' Harlequin Frog (Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxx).
Rana Arlequín de Peters (Spanish: Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxx).
Distribution
Páramo habitat on the Cordillera Oriental of the provinces of Napo and (provisionally) Chimborazo, Ecuador, 3031–3734 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
Confused with Atelopus pachydermus prior to its description according to the original publication. Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: 247–248, provided an account, with photographs, which summarized identification, adult morphology, systematics, natural history, distribution (including a dot map for Ecuador), and conservation.
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