Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Bufonidae > Atelopus > Atelopus carrikeriAtelopus carrikeri (Painted frog)Synonyms: Atelopus leoperezii The Guajira stubfoot toad or Carrikeri harlequin frog, Atelopus carrikeri, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is about 5 cm (2.0 in) long and typically black, though some populations have orange coloration. This species is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range of northern Colombia. It is critically endangered because of the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, and habitat destruction due to agriculture. The species had not been seen from 1994 until it was rediscovered in early 2008. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 6.91 EDGE Score: 4.84 |
Litters / Year [1] | 1 | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 2.445 inches (6.21 cm) |
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Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Santa Marta montane forests |
Colombia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Santa Marta páramo |
Colombia |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites |
Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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