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Atelopus chiriquiensis (Painted frog)

Wikipedia Abstract

Atelopus chiriquiensis, the Chiriqui harlequin frog or Lewis' stubfoot toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae found in the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica and western Panama (Province and Bocas del Toro Provinces). Its natural habitats are stream margins in lower montane wet forests and rainforests. Its elevational range is 1,400–2,500 m (4,600–8,200 ft) asl.
View Wikipedia Record: Atelopus chiriquiensis

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Atelopus chiriquiensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
63
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.91
EDGE Score: 4.84
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Attributes

Litter Size [1]  192
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.283 inches (5.8 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Talamancan montane forests Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
La Amistad International Park National Park II 541617 Panama, Costa Rica  
Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park World Heritage Site 1403176 Panama, Costa Rica  
Volcan Barú National Park II 38746 Panama  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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