Atelopus balios Peters, 1973
Atelopus balios Peters, 1973, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 145: 12. Holotype: AMNH 17638, by original designation. Type locality: "Rio Pescado, Guayas Province, Ecuador".
English Names
Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 39).
Distribution
Pacific lowlands of southwestern Ecuador (Azuay, Cañar, and Guayas provinces), 200-460 m elevation.
Comment
Presumably in the Atelopus flavescens group, although the original publication placed it in the Atelopus longirostris group. See photograph, map, description of geographic range and habitat, and conservation status in Stuart, Hoffmann, Chanson, Cox, Berridge, Ramani, and Young, 2008, Threatened Amph. World: 161. Almendáriz and Rueda-Almonacid, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 59, provided a brief account.
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