Atelopus angelito Ardila-Robayo and Ruiz-Carranza, 1998
Atelopus angelito Ardila-Robayo and Ruiz-Carranza, 1998, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 22: 281. Holotype: ICN 33408, by original designation. Type locality: "COLOMBIA, Departamento del Cauca, Municipio de San Sebastián, Inspección de policía Valencia, ca. Km. 5-6 por camino de herradura de Valencia a Quinchana, ca. 1° 51′ latitud N, 76° 47′ longitud W de Greenwich, 2900 m-3000m".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Known only from the type locality (near Valencia, Municipality of San Sebastián, Cauca, Colombia, 2900-3000 m elevation, on the eastern slope of the Cordillera Central.
Comment
In the Atelopus ignescens group according to the original publication. See description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 160. Ardila-Robayo, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 56, provided a brief account.
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