Atelopus loettersi De la Riva, Castroviejo-Fisher, Chaparro, Boistel, and Padial, 2011

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

Atelopus loettersi De la Riva, Castroviejo-Fisher, Chaparro, Boistel, and Padial, 2011, Salamandra, 47: 162. Holotype: MHNC 5412, by original designation. Type locality: "km 6.2 from Puente Fortaleza towards Quincemil (13º11′ 08.53″ S, 70º 34′ 58.79″ W, 464 m above sea level), province Quispi­canchis, department of Cusco, Peru".

English Names

None noted.

Distribution

Andean piedmont of southeastern Peru in the departments of Cusco, Madre de Dios, and Puno, encompassing an area of approximately 400 km in length and an altitudinal range of 400–1000 m elevation; likely to extend into northwestern Bolivia.

Geographic Occurrence

Natural Resident: Peru

Likely/Controversially Present: Bolivia

Endemic: Peru

Comment

Most similar to Atelopus pulcher and Atelopus spumarius according to the original publication.

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