Atelopus podocarpus Coloma, Duellman, Almendáriz, Ron, Terán-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2010

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

Atelopus podocarpus Coloma, Duellman, Almendáriz C., Ron, Terán-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2010, Zootaxa, 2574: 28. Holotype: QCAZ 6801, by original designation. Type locality: "Lagunas del Compadre (4°10′ S, 79°06′ W; ca. 3300 m), Parque Nacional Podocarpus, Provincia Loja, Ecuador".

Common Names

Podocarpus Harlequin Frog (Székely, Eguiguren, Ordóñez-Delgado, Armijos-Ojeda, and Székely, 2020, PLoS One, 15(9: e0238306): 8; Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: xxx). 

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

Distribution

Known from páramo and subpáramo habitats in the southern Cordillera Oriental of Ecuador (Provincias Loja and Zamora Chinchipe) to Departamento Piura in the Cordillera de Huancabamba in northern Peru, 2028 to 3223 m elevation. 

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador, Peru

Comment

Extinct according to the original publication. Jervis, Karlsdόttir, Jehle, Almeida-Reinoso, Almeida-Reinoso, Ron, Fisher, and Merino-Viteri, 2020, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 14 (2: e243): 157–164, reported on its rediscovery and threats to its continued survival. Székely, Eguiguren, Ordóñez-Delgado, Armijos-Ojeda, and Székely, 2020, PLoS One, 15(9: e0238306): 8, noted in their survey that the animal could not be found. Coloma and Duellman, 2025, Amph. Ecuador. Vol. 2: 249–251, 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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