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Atelopus tamaense La Marca, García-Pérez, and Renjifo, 1990
Atelopus tamaense La Marca, García-Pérez, and Renjifo, 1990 "1989", Caldasia, 16: 97. Holotype: ULABG 1820, by original designation. Type locality: "Venezuela: Estado Apure, Distrito Páez Cercanías del 'Boquerón del río Oirá', Páramo de Tamá, Parque Nacional El Tamá, aproximadamente 7° 25′ N y 72° 23′ W, 2950 m".
English Names
Venezuela Stubfoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 40).
Tamá Harlequin Toad (Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 176).
Distribution
Known only from the type locality which sits astride the border between Venezuela (Apure) and Colombia (Norte de Santander), 2950 to 3200 m elevation; likely to be found extending into the state of Táchira, Venezuela.
Comment
In the Atelopus ignescens group according to the original publication. Likely in the Atelopus flavescens group according to Lynch, 1993, Alytes, 11: 84. 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: 177. The species name is a noun in apposition and not emendable. La Marca and Renjifo, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 114, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. See Barrio-Amorós, Rojas-Runjaic, and Señaris, 2019, Amph. Rept. Conserv., 13 (1: e180): 9, for remarks on distribution, extinction, and literature. Lötters, Mebs, Köhler, Vargas, and La Marca, 2019, Herpetozoa, Wien, 32: 267–275, reported on vocalizations and suggested that the species is extinct.
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