Atelopus guanujo Coloma, 2002

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

Atelopus guanujo Coloma, 2002, Herpetologica, 58: 230. Holotype: QCAZ 11103, by original designation. Type locality: "Guanujo (01° 33′ 20″ S, 79° 00′ 24″ W; 2900 m), Provincia Bolívar, Ecuador.

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Known only from the vicinity of the type locality (Guanujo) in the Chimbo Basin of the Cordillera Occidental of Ecuador (Provincia Bolívar), 2600–2923 m elevation.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Ecuador

Endemic: Ecuador

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: 167. Cisneros-Heredia and Lynch, 2005, in Rueda-Almonacid et al. (eds.), Ranas Arlequines: 80, provided a brief account, illustration, and map.

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