Atelopus elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neobatrachia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura Subordo: Neobatrachia

Familia: Bufonidae
Genus: Atelopus
Species: Atelopus elegans

Name

Atelopus elegans (Boulenger, 1882)

Type locality: "Tanti, 2000 feet [=588 m]", Ecuador.

Holotype: BM 82.7.13.2.

Synonyms

• Phryniscus elegans Boulenger, 1882
• Atelopus gracilis Barbour, 1905
• Atelopus elegans gracilis — Rivero, 1963
• Atelopus varius elegans — Cochran & Goin, 1970

References

• Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 155.
• Frost, Darrel R. 2010. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.4 (8 April, 2010). Electronic Database accessible at [1] American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. Atelopus elegans . Accessed on 27 Mar 2008.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN: Atelopus elegans (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Elegant Stubfoot Toad