Atelopus palmatus Andersson, 1945
Atelopus palmatus Andersson, 1945, Ark. Zool., 37A(2): 12. Syntypes: NHRM 1908 (5 specimens) according to D.C. Cannatella in Frost, 1985, Amph. Species World: 32. Type locality: "Rio Pastaza, 1000 m", eastern Ecuador.
English Names
Andersson's Stubfoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 39).
Distribution
Eastern Ecuador (Napo and Pastaza provinces), between 1150 and 1740 m in humid montane forest.
Comment
In the Atelopus flavescens group of Lynch, 1993, Alytes, 11: 77-87. For accounts and discussion see Peters, 1973, Smithson. Contrib. Zool., 145: 38-39, and Rivero, 1969, Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 29: 142-145. Lötters, Haas, Schick, and Böhme, 2002, Salamandra, 38: 166, regarded this taxon as a likely junior synonym of Atelopus planispina. Almendáriz and Galvis-Peñuela, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 129, provided a brief account, photograph, and map. Yánez-Muñoz, Veintimilla, Smith, Altamirano-Benavides, and Franklin, 2011 "2010", Avanc. Cienc. Ingen., Quito, Secc. B, 2 (3): B74-B77, reported on new populations and conservation status.
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