Global InformationGuajira stubfoot toad information
| Guajira stubfoot toad | |
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Conservation status
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 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. carrikeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Atelopus carrikeri Ruthven, 1916
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| Synonyms | |
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Atelopus leoperezii Ruiz-Carranza, Ardila-Robayo & Hernández-Camacho, 1994 | |
The Guajira stubfoot toad[1] or Carrikeri harlequin frog[2] (Atelopus carrikeri) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.[3] It is about 5 cm (2.0 in) long and typically black, though some populations have orange coloration.[4] This species is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range of northern Colombia.[1][3] It is critically endangered because of the chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, and habitat destruction due to agriculture. The species had not been seen from 1994 until it was rediscovered in early 2008.[1]
- ^ a b c d IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2017). "Atelopus carrikeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T54496A49534770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T54496A49534770.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Waterman, Carly (2008-03-18). "Missing in Action!". EDGE. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
- ^ a b Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Atelopus carrikeri Ruthven, 1916". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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