Atelopus ignescens
Atelopus ignescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Bufonidae |
Genus: | Atelopus |
Species: | A. ignescens
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Binomial name | |
Atelopus ignescens (Cornalia, 1849)
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Synonyms | |
Phryniscus ignescens Cornalia, 1849 |
Atelopus ignescens, the Jambato toad or Quito stubfoot toad or Jambato harlequin frog,
Taxonomy
A closely related, perhaps undescribed species might exist in Colombia.
Description
Males measure on 34–41 mm (1.3–1.6 in) and females 36–48 mm (1.4–1.9 in) in snout–vent length. The body is robust with long limbs and truncate snout. The dorsal coloration is uniformly black, as is the iris. The ventral side is orange-red; the belly is lighter in color, suffused with yellow.[8]
Conservation
With the last recorded sighting dating to 1988, the species was thought to be extinct until early 2016, when a relict population was discovered in an undisclosed location.[5]
Atelopus ignescens was formerly abundant along streams, rivers and ponds of the
References
- ^ . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Kreier, Freda (2022-11-09). "Some harlequin frogs — presumed extinct — have been rediscovered". ScienceNews. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Atelopus ignescens (Cornalia, 1849)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ a b Coloma, L. A.; Quiguango-Ubillús, A. (2016). "Atelopus ignescens". Anfibios de Ecuador. Centro Jambatu, Fundación Otonga. Quito, Ecuador. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Coloma, L.A. (May 2016). "El Jambato negro del páramo, Atelopus ignescens, resucitó". www.IMciencia.com (in Spanish).
- ^ Lou Del Bello: Boy finds 'extinct' frog in Ecuador and helps revive species, on: NewScientist, 7 July 2017.
- ^ Kreier, Freda (3 December 2022). "These frogs aren't extinct after all". Science News (Paper). 202 (10): 6.
- ^ JSTOR 3893408.
- ^ Acosta-Galvis, A.R. (2014). "Atelopus ignescens (Cornalia, 1849)". Lista de los Anfibios de Colombia V.03.2014. www.batrachia.com. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- Ruthven, Alexander G. (May 25, 1916). "Description of a new species of Atelopus from the Santa Marta Mountains, Colombia"(PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology. 1 (28): 1–3. Retrieved 2008-03-26.