Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Atelopus seminiferus Cope, 1874, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 26: 130. Holotype: ANSP 11383, according to Malnate, 1971, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 123: 352. Type locality: "From between Balsa Puerto and Moyabamba, Peru".

Phryniscus seminiferus — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 152.

Atelopus seminiferus — Boulenger, 1894, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 6, 14: 374-375.

Atelopus seminifer — Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 40. Incorrect subsequent spelling (Art. 32.5.1, 1999 Code).

English Names

Upper Amazon Stubfoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 40).

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality in the Upper Amazon Basin of San Martín, eastern Peru, 1000-2000 m elevation.

Comment

Presumably in the Atelopus flavescens group of Lynch, 1993, Alytes, 11: 77-87. 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: 174. Lötters and Schulte, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 106, provided a brief account, photograph, and map.

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