Five new (extinct?) species of Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) from Andean Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

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dc.careerBiologyen_US
dc.category.authorprincipalen_US
dc.contributor.authorRon Melo, Santiago Rafael
dc.contributor.correspondingColoma, Luis A.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-04T21:35:18Z
dc.date.available2023-11-04T21:35:18Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.dedication.authorTCes
dc.description.abstractWe studied populations of frogs of the genus Atelopus from the Pasto Massif of the Andes in southern Colombia and north- ern Ecuador, and from the Huancabamba depression in southern Ecuador and northern Perú and conclude that they belong to six species, five of which are described as new to science. Atelopus angelito is recorded for the first time from Ecuador and its range is extended 183 km (airline) southwest of its type locality in Departamento del Cauca, Colombia. We distin- guish the five new species from similar ones using features of coloration, skin texture, and morphometrics. We also in- clude osteological data for four of the new species. A putative hybrid zone at Provincia Imbabura, Ecuador, is proposed to exist between the non-sister taxa A. ignescens and one of the new species. Because recent records of four of the new species and A. angelito are lacking despite search efforts, we hypothesize that they are possibly extinct, as are many other Andean Atelopus. Thus, we categorize these species, applying IUCN Red List criteria, as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct). No search efforts have been carried out for one new species (from La Victoria, Colombia); thus, it is included under the Data Deficient category. The conservation of Atelopus is briefly discussed.en_US
dc.facultyBiologyes
dc.id.author-
dc.identifier.doi10.1126/science.1194442
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/5406
dc.indexed.databaseOtheres
dc.language.isoen
dc.list.authorsColoma, Luis A., Duellman, William E., Almendáriz, Ana., Ron, Santiago., Terán-Valdez, Andrea., Guayasamín, Juan M.
dc.magazine.pageRange01-54
dc.magazine.titleZootaxaen_US
dc.magazine.volumeChapter2574
dc.rightsOpenAccessen
dc.statepublisheden_US
dc.subjectAnura| Bufonidae| Atelopus angelito| Atelopus ardila sp. Nov| Atelopus gigas sp. Nov| Atelopus orcesi sp. Nov| Atelopus pastuso sp. Nov| Atelopus podocarpus sp. Nov.| Colombia| Conservation| Ecuador| Extinction| Morphology| New species| Osteology| Perú| Systematicses
dc.subjectAnura
dc.subjectBufonidae
dc.subjectAtelopus angelito
dc.subjectAtelopus ardila sp. Nov.
dc.subjectAtelopus gigas sp. Nov.
dc.subjectAtelopus orcesi sp. Nov.
dc.subjectAtelopus pastuso sp. Nov.
dc.subjectAtelopus podocarpus sp. Nov.
dc.subjectColombia
dc.subjectConservation
dc.subjectEcuador
dc.subjectExtinction
dc.subjectMorphology
dc.subjectNew species
dc.subjectOsteology
dc.subjectPerú
dc.subjectSystematics
dc.titleFive new (extinct?) species of Atelopus (Anura: Bufonidae) from Andean Colombia, Ecuador, and Peruen_US
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