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Atelopus planispina Jiménez de la Espada, 1875
Atelopus planispina Jiménez de la Espada, 1875, Vert. Viaje Pacif. Verif. 1862–1865: 148. Syntypes: MNCN 1390–1417 (28 specimens) according to González-Fernández, 2006, Graellsia, 62: 124, there is ambiguity surrounding the name, San José de Moti, which could now correspond to San José de Suno (also called San José Viejo) or to San José de Mote (also known as San José Nuevo).; given by González-Fernández, García-Díez, and San Segundo, 2009, Spixiana, München, 32: 268, as MNCN 1390 (Pie del Volcán Sumaco), 1391–1417 (San José de Moti, and Pie del Volcán Sumaco) . Type locality: "S[an]. José de Moti", Ecuador; corrected to San José Nuevo, Mount Sumaco, Napo Province, Ecuador, by Peters, 1973, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 145: 40. According to González-Fernández, 2006, Graellsia, 62: 124, there is ambiguity surrounding the name, San José de Moti, which could now correspond to San José de Suno (also called San José Viejo) or to San José de Mote (also known as San José Nuevo). Given as "Pie del Volcán Sumaco (= Base of Sumaco volcano), San Jose del Moti, region oriental del Ecuador" and "San José de Moti" by González-Fernández, García-Díez, and San Segundo, 2009, Spixiana, München, 32: 268.
Atelopus planispinus — Rivero, 1963, Caribb. J. Sci., 3: 107. Unjustified treatment of noun in apposition (planispina) as an adjective.
English Names
Flat-spined Atelopus (Cochran, 1961, Living Amph. World: 87).
Napo Stubfoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 40).
Distribution
Eastern foothills of the Ecuadorian Andes, from Volcán Reventador (Napo Province) in the north, and south, possibly disjunctly to Cordillera de Cuticú (Morona-Santiago Province) 1000–2000 m elevation.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Ecuador
Endemic: Ecuador
Comment
In the Atelopus flavescens group of Lynch, 1993, Alytes, 11: 77–87. For discussion see Rivero, 1969, Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 29: 142–145. For additional localities see Duellman and Lynch, 1988, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 140: 125–142. See account by Peters, 1973, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 145: 39. See comment under Atelopus palmatus. 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: 173. Lynch, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 103, provided a brief account, photograph, and map.
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- For additional information specific to Ecuador see FaunaWebEcuador: Anfibios del Ecuador
- For access to available specimen data for this species, from over 350 scientific collections, go to Vertnet.