Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Bufonidae > Atelopus > Atelopus carbonerensis

Atelopus carbonerensis (Venezuelan Yellow Frog)

Synonyms: Atelopus oxyrhynchus carbonerensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Venezuelan yellow frog (Atelopus carbonerensis) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae endemic to Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, and intermittent rivers, and is threatened by habitat loss. It is known locally as sapito arlequin de la carbonera.
View Wikipedia Record: Atelopus carbonerensis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Atelopus carbonerensis

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
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  279
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.13 inches (5.41 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Venezuelan Andes montane forests Colombia, Venezuela Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Río Capaz Protective Zone 112927 Mérida, Venezuela  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Sierra La Culata and Sierra Nevada National Parks and surrounding areas Venezuela

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela 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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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