Atelopus glyphus Dunn, 1931
Atelopus varius glyphus Dunn, 1931, Occas. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 5: 396. Holotype: USNM 50230 (not 50320, a typographic error in the original publication), according to Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 30. Type locality: "Pirri Range, [near head of Río Limón,] Darién", Panama.
Atelopus glyphus — Savage, 1972, Herpetologica, 28: 91.
English Names
Pirri Range Stubfoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 39).
Distribution
Moderate elevations (1200-1445 m) in eastern Panama and extreme northern Chocó of Colombia (see comment).
Comment
In the Atelopus ignescens group of Lynch, 1993, Alytes, 11: 77-87. Lötters, 1996, Neotrop. Toad Genus Atelopus: 29, suggested that populations associated with this name from low elevations of Panama and the Chocó of Colombia represent an undescribed species. 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: 167. Rueda-Almonacid and Rueda-Martínez, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 79, provided a brief account, photograph, and map stated that no vouchered records exist for Colombia.
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