Harlequin frogs facts for kids
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Atelopus
Duméril and Bibron, 1841
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Ateleopus Agassiz, 1846 (unjustified emendation) |
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Atelopus, commonly known as harlequin frogs, is a large genus of true toads. They live in Central and South America. They go as far north as Costa Rica and as far south as Bolivia. Atelopus are small, generally brightly colored and diurnal. Most species live near mid- to high-elevation streams. Many species are now considered endangered, while others already are extinct. The cause of these declines mostly appears to be the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
New Atelopus species are discovered with some regularity. Many new species have been described in the last ten years.
Species
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| Andes Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus andinus Rivero, 1968 |
| Atelopus angelito Ardila-Robayo and Ruiz-Carranza, 1998 | |
| Atelopus arsyecue Rueda-Almonacid, 1994 | |
| Arthur's Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus arthuri Peters, 1973 |
| Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus balios Peters, 1973 |
| Azuay Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus bomolochos Peters, 1973 |
| Boulenger's Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus boulengeri Peracca, 1904 |
| Rio Carauta Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus carauta Ruiz-Carranza & Hernández-Camacho, 1978 |
| La Carbonera Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus carbonerensis Rivero, 1974 |
| Guajira Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus carrikeri Ruthven, 1916 |
| Darien Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus certus Barbour, 1923 |
| Lewis' Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus chiriquiensis Shreve, 1936 |
| Chocó Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus chocoensis Lötters, 1992 |
| Atelopus chrysocorallus La Marca, 1996 | |
| Rio Faisanes Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus coynei Miyata, 1980 |
| Veragua Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus cruciger (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856) |
| Atelopus dimorphus Lötters, 2003 | |
| Huila Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus ebenoides Rivero, 1963 |
| Elegant Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus elegans (Boulenger, 1882) |
| Atelopus epikeisthos Lötters, Schulte & Duellman, 2005 | |
| Carabaya Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus erythropus Boulenger, 1903 |
| Malvasa Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus eusebianus Rivero & Granados-Díaz, 1993 |
| Atelopus eusebiodiazi Venegas, Catenazzi, Siu-Ting & Carrillo, 2008 | |
| Atelopus exiguus Boettger, 1892 | |
| Atelopus famelicus Rivero & Morales, 1995 | |
| Forest Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus farci Lynch, 1993 |
| Cayenne Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus flavescens Duméril & Bibron, 1841 |
| Central Coast Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus franciscus Lescure, 1974 |
| Antado Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus galactogaster Rivero & Serna, 1993 |
| Pirri Range Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus glyphus Dunn, 1931 |
| Guanujo Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus guanujo Coloma, 2002 |
| La Guitarra Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus guitarraensis Osorno-Muñoz, Ardila-Robayo & Ruiz-Carranza, 2001 |
| Morona-Santiago Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus halihelos Peters, 1973 |
| Quito Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus ignescens (Cornalia, 1849) |
| Atelopus laetissimus Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo & Hernández-Camacho, 1994 | |
| Limosa Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus limosus Ibáñez, Jaramillo & Solís, 1995 |
| El Tambo Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus longibrachius Rivero, 1963 |
| Longnose Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus longirostris Cope, 1868 |
| Atelopus lozanoi Osorno-Muñoz, Ardila-Robayo & Ruiz-Carranza, 2001 | |
| Lynch's Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus lynchi Cannatella, 1981 |
| Atelopus mandingues Osorno-Muñoz, Ardila-Robayo & Ruiz-Carranza, 2001 | |
| Mindo Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus mindoensis Peters, 1973 |
| Colombian Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus minutulus Ruiz-Carranza, Hernández-Camacho & Ardila-Robayo, 1988 |
| Mittermeier's Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus mittermeieri Acosta-Galvis, Rueda-Almonacid, Velásquez-Álvarez, Sánchez-Pacheco & Peña Prieto, 2006 |
| Hernandez's Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus monohernandezii Ardila-Robayo, Osorno-Muñoz & Ruiz-Carranza, 2002 |
| Mucubaji Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus mucubajiensis Rivero, 1974 |
| La Arboleda Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus muisca Rueda-Almonacid & Hoyos, 1992 |
| Atelopus nahumae Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo & Hernández-Camacho, 1994 | |
| Atelopus nanay Coloma, 2002 | |
| Gualecenita Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus nepiozomus Peters, 1973 |
| Niceforo's Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus nicefori Rivero, 1963 |
| Atelopus onorei Coloma, Lötters, Duellman & Miranda-Leiva, 2007 | |
| Rednose Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus oxyrhynchus Boulenger, 1903 |
| Schmidt's Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus pachydermus (Schmidt, 1857) |
| Andersson's Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus palmatus Andersson, 1945 |
| Pataz Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus patazensis Venegas, Catenazzi, Siu-Ting & Carrillo, 2008 |
| San Isidro Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus pedimarmoratus Rivero, 1963 |
| Peru Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus peruensis Gray & Cannatella, 1985 |
| Peters' Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus petersi Coloma, Lötters, Duellman & Miranda-Leiva, 2007 |
| Atelopus petriruizi Ardila-Robayo, 1999 | |
| Painted Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus pictiventris Kattan, 1986 |
| Pinango Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus pinangoi Rivero, 1982 |
| Napo Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus planispina Jiménez de la Espada, 1875 |
| Atelopus pulcher Boulenger, 1882 | |
| Atelopus pyrodactylus Venegas & Barrio, 2006 | |
| Atelopus quimbaya Ruiz-Carranza & Osorno-Muñoz, 1994 | |
| Atelopus reticulatus Lötters, Haas, Schick & Böhme, 2002 | |
| Anori Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus sanjosei Rivero & Serna, 1989 |
| Upper Amazon Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus seminiferus Cope, 1874 |
| Pass Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus senex Taylor, 1952 |
| Atelopus sernai Ruiz-Carranza & Osorno-Muñoz, 1994 | |
| Atelopus simulatus Ruiz-Carranza & Osorno-Muñoz, 1994 | |
| Atelopus siranus Lötters &Henzl, 2000 | |
| Sonsón Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus sonsonensis Vélez-Rodriguez & Ruiz-Carranza, 1997 |
| Cloud Forest Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus sorianoi La Marca, 1983 |
| Pebas Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus spumarius Cope, 1871 |
| Condoto Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus spurrelli Boulenger, 1914 |
| Bogota Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus subornatus Werner, 1899 |
| Venezuela Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus tamaensis La Marca, García-Pérez & Renjifo, 1990 |
| Three-colored Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus tricolor Boulenger, 1902 |
| Veragoa Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus varius (Lichtenstein & Martens, 1856) |
| Atelopus vogli Müller, 1934 | |
| Walker's Stubfoot Toad | Atelopus walkeri Rivero, 1963 |
| Golden Arrow Poison Frog | Atelopus zeteki Dunn, 1933 |
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