Atelopus ardila Coloma, Duellman, Almendáriz, Ron, Terán-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2010
Atelopus ardila Coloma, Duellman, Almendáriz, Ron, Terán-Valdez, and Guayasamin, 2010, Zootaxa, 2574: 3. Holotype: KU 200214, by original designation. Type locality: "7.5 km E of Pasto, on road to Laguna La Cocha (= Lago Guamuez) (ca. 1° 12′ N, 77° 13′ W; 2800 m), Vereda San Fernando, Departamento Nariño, Colombia".
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Paramo and subparamo habitats at elevations of 2500-3000 m on the eastern slopes of Cordillera Central in Departamento del Cauca in southern Colombia to the western slopes of Cordillera Occidental in Provincia Carchi in northern Ecuador.
Comment
Confused with Atelopus ignescens prior to its naming and likely extinct or nearly so according to the original publication.
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