Vol. 2 No. 3 (2010), SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2010)

Discovery of two surviving populations of Harlequin Toads (Amphibia: Bufonidae: Atelopus) in Ecuadorian Andes

SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Published 2010-12-08
Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz
Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales
David A. Veintimilla
Departamento de Zoología, Universidad Nacional de Loja
Eric N. Smith
Amphians and Reptiles Diversity Research Center, Department of Biology, University of Texas
Marco Altamirano-Benavides
Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales
Carl J. Franklin
Amphians and Reptiles Diversity Research Center, Department of Biology, University of Texas
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Keywords

Arlequin toads
Atelopus
populations
conservation status

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Yánez-Muñoz, M. H., Veintimilla, D. A., Smith, E. N., Altamirano-Benavides, M., & Franklin, C. J. (2010). Discovery of two surviving populations of Harlequin Toads (Amphibia: Bufonidae: Atelopus) in Ecuadorian Andes. ACI Avances En Ciencias E Ingenierías, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v2i3.47
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Abstract

We report the presence of new populations of arlequín toads belonging to Atelopus palmatus and A. nepiozomus species in the provinces of Pastaza and Loja respectively. These new findings allow us to re-evaluated and verify the conservation status of these two species. The information herein reported is a contribution to the knownlodge of the genus Atelopus on which still exist important information gaps on its taxonomy, systematics and natural history.

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