Atelopus chiriquiensis Shreve, 1936
Atelopus chiriquiensis Shreve, 1936, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 8: 269. Holotype: MCZ 19966, by original designation. Type locality: "'from Mr. Lewis' place [4 km NE El Hato del Volcán, 1500 m],' Rio Chiriqui, Viejo and branches, Panama Republica".
English Names
Lewis' Stubfoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 39).
Distribution
Western Panama (Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro-Cerro Pando) and Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica, cloud forest of 1400-2100 m elevation.
Comment
See Savage, 1972, Herpetologica, 28: 79-81, and Savage, 2002, Amph. Rept. Costa Rica: 187-188, for accounts. In the Atelopus flavescens 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: 163. who noted that this species may be extinct. Ibáñez and Kahn, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 65, provided a brief account.
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