Atelopus loettersi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Atelopus
Species: Atelopus loettersi

Name

Atelopus loettersi de la Riva, Castroviejo-Fisher, Chapparo, Boistel & Padial, 2011

Holotype: MHNC 5412, adult male.

Paratypes: MHNC 5410–11, juveniles, same data as holotype; MHNC 6020, adult female, and MHNC 6021, adult male, from Pozo Samanio (12º12’34.41” S, 72º56’39.33” W, 682 m above sea level), Río Saringabeni, province La Convención, department of Cusco, Peru.

Type locality: Puente Fortaleza towards Quincemil (13º11’08.53” S, 70º34’58.79” W, 464 m above sea level), province Quispicanchis, department of Cusco, Peru.

References

• de la Riva I., Castroviejo-Fisher S., Chapparo J.C., Boistel R., Padial J.M. 2011: A new species of Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in south-eastern Peru. Salamandra, 47: 161–168. Full article.
• Guayasamin, J.M., E. Bonaccorso, W.E. Duellman & L.A. Coloma 2010: Genetic differentiation in the nearly extinct harlequin frogs (Bufonidae: Atelopus), with emphasis on the Andean Atelopus ignescens and A. bomolochos species complexes. Zootaxa, 2574: 55–68.