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Atelopus patazensis Venegas, Catenazzi, Siu-Ting, and Carrillo, 2008

Class: Amphibia > Order: Anura > Family: Bufonidae > Genus: Atelopus

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Atelopus patazensis Venegas, Catenazzi, Siu-Ting, and Carrillo, 2008, Salamandra, 44: 169. Holotype: MUSM 15839, by original designation. Type locality: "Quebrada Los Alisos (7° 47′ 32 S″, 77° 35′ 45″ W) at elevation 2,620 m, in he vicinity of Pataz, Provincia de Pataz, Departamento de La Libertad, Peru".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the type locality in an inter-Andean valley of the northern portion of the Cordillera Central in northwestern Peru, at an elevation of roughly 2500-3000 m.

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