Guajira stubfoot toad | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
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]
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