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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".
Common 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 (Venezuela, Apure) which sits on the border with Colombia (Norte de Santander), 2950 to 3200 m elevation; likely to be found extending into Colombia as well as the state of Táchira, Venezuela.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Venezuela
Likely/Controversially Present: Colombia
Endemic: 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 Vasquez, 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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