Global InformationAtelopus balios information
| Atelopus balios | |
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| Atelopus balios in Awashima MARINE PARK | |
Conservation status
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 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Atelopus |
| Species: | A. balios
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| Binomial name | |
| Atelopus balios Peters, 1973[2]
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Atelopus balios, the Rio Pescado stubfoot toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to southwestern Ecuador, with records from Pacific lowlands in Azuay, Cañar, and Guayas Provinces.[1][3] It is a rare species that was already suspected to be extinct,[1] but a single specimen was discovered in 2011 by a team from Conservation International during a hunt for missing amphibians.[4][5][6][7] The decline in amphibian populations is well documented. The Atelopus balios is Critically Endangered as a result of the widespread amphibian Chytridiomycosis fungus that has decimated other amphibian populations.[8] There are only 10 known findings of the tadpole, Atelopus balios.[9]
- ^ a b c IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2018). "Atelopus balios". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T54491A98640710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T54491A98640710.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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- ^ "Global Search for 'lost' frogs yields few findings, important warnings - Conservation International". Conservation International. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
- ^ "Rio Pascado Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus balios - Details - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
- ^ “The Tadpole of Atelopus Balios (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Pacific Lowlands of Ecuador.” Herpetologica, vol. 52, no. 1, 1996, pp. 66–70. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3892957