Guanujo stubfoot toad

Guanujo stubfoot toad

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Atelopus
Species: A. guanujo
Binomial name
Atelopus guanujo
Coloma, 2002

The Guanujo stubfoot toad (Atelopus guanujo), known in Spanish as puca sapo, is a species of toads in the family Bufonidae endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. Luis A. Coloma; Santiago Ron; Martín R. Bustamante; Diego Cisneros-Heredia; Ana Almendáriz (2004). "Atelopus guanujo". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2004: e.T54515A11156426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54515A11156426.en. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. Coloma, L.A., Ron, S., Bustamante, M.R., Cisneros-Heredia, D. & Almandáriz, A. 2004. Atelopus guanujo. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.


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