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Atelopus is a large genus of Bufonidae, commonly known as harlequin frogs or toads, from Central and South America, ranging as far north as Costa Rica and as far south as Bolivia. Atelopus species are small, generally brightly colored, and diurnal .
Atelopus vogli is an extinct species of harlequin frog in the family Bufonidae. It was endemic to Venezuela. It is known from collections in two localities: its type locality, Las Peñas near Hacienda la Trinidad in Aragua, and Montalbán in Carabobo. [2] [3] It was first described as subspecies of Atelopus cruciger.
Atelopus limosus, the limosa harlequin frog [3] (Spanish: sapo limoso [1]) is an endangered species of toad in the family Bufonidae endemic to Panama. [4] Its natural habitats are stream banks in tropical moist lowland forests and rivers of the Chagres watershed in central Panama.
Lysapsus is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in South America east of the Andes. Their common name is harlequin frogs. [1] Many frogs in Lysapsus have a paradoxical life cycle. They are most massive when they are older tadpoles and slightly smaller when they are adult frogs. [2]
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Atelopus varius, the Costa Rican variable harlequin toad or clown frog, is a small Neotropical true toad from the family Bufonidae. [2] Once ranging from Costa Rica to Panama, A. varius is now listed as critically endangered and has been reduced to a single remnant population near Quepos, Costa Rica (rediscovered in 2003), and has only relict populations in western Panama. [1]
Harlequin toad is a non-scientific name for any of several varieties of frog or toad, including the following: Atelopus , a genus of Central and South American toads in the family Bufonidae Harlequin poison frog ( Oophaga histrionica ), a species of South American poison dart toad in the family Dendrobatidae
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