Atelopus laetissimus Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Hernández-Camacho, 1994
Atelopus laetissimus Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo, and Hernández-Camacho, 1994, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 19: 155. Holotype: ICN 00410, by original designation. Type locality: "Colombia, Departamento del Magdalena, Municipio de Santa Marta, vertiente SE de la Cuchilla de San Lorenzo, al SW de la estación Forestal de San Lorenzo, sector NW Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, ca. 11° 11′ latitud N, 74° 3′ longitud W de Greenwich, 1900 m."
English Names
None noted.
Distribution
Vicinity of the type locality in the northwestern part of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia, 1900-2800 m elevation in humid montane forest.
Comment
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: 168. Galvis-Peńuela, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 83, provided a brief account, photograph, and map.
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