Atelopus loettersi

Taxonavigation

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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

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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

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  • 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.