Atelopus spumarius Cope, 1871
Atelopus spumarius Cope, 1871, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 23: 222. Syntypes: ANSP (2 specimens), lost according to Lescure, 1981, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 3: 894, who designated MNHNP 1979.8382 neotype. Type locality: "Ambyiacu R[iver]."; rendered as Ampiyacu River, Pebas, Departamento Loreto, Peru, by Lescure, 1981, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris, Sect. A, Zool., 3: 894. Neotype from "Colonia, bassin de la rivière Ampiyacu (Depto. Loreto), Pérou".
Atelopus spumarius spumarius — Rivero, 1968, Caribb. J. Sci., 8: 23.
English Names
Pebas Stubfoot Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 40).
Distribution
Disjunct populations in Amazon lowlands of Ecuador and eastern Peru, to Amazonas, Brazil.
Comment
In the Atelopus flavescens group. Cocroft, McDiarmid, Jaslow, and Ruiz-Carranza, 1990, Copeia, 1990: 638, suggested that Atelopus spumarius was a species complex. See discussion by Lötters, 1996, Neotrop. Toad Genus Atelopus: 47. Lötters, Haas, Schick, and Böhme, 2002, Salamandra, 388: 168, regarded Atelopus spumarius as a species complex, removed Atelopus pulcher from its synonymy, and noted that Atelopus spumarius sensu stricto is likely restricted to the upper Amazon Basin of eastern Peru, southeastern Colombia, and Ecuador. 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: 176. Lötters, Schulte, and Haddad, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 126, provided a brief account, photograph, and map.
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