Panamanian golden frog

Panamanian golden frog

Critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Atelopus
Species:
A. zeteki
Binomial name
Atelopus zeteki
Dunn, 1933
Synonyms

Atelopus varius zeteki Dunn, 1933[3]

The Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki), also known as Cerro Campana stubfoot toad and other names,[a] is a species of toad endemic to Panama.[5] Panamanian golden frogs inhabit the streams along the mountainous slopes of the Cordilleran cloud forests of west-central Panama.[6] While the IUCN lists it as Critically Endangered,[1] it may in fact have been extinct in the wild since 2007.[7][8] Individuals have been collected for breeding in captivity in a bid to preserve the species. The alternative common name, Zetek's golden frog, and the epithet zeteki both commemorate the entomologist James Zetek.

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2019). "Atelopus zeteki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T54563A54341110. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T54563A54341110.en. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Dunn, E.R. (1933). "Amphibians and reptiles from El Valle de Anton, Panama". Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8: 65–79.
  4. ^ "Atelopus zeteki Dunn, 1933". American Museum of Natural History. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ^ Frost, Darrel R. [in Spanish] (2016). "Atelopus zeteki Dunn, 1933". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  6. ^ Lindquist, Erik; Hetherington, Thomas (1998). "Tadpoles and juveniles of the Panamanian golden frog, Atelopus zeteki (Bufonidae), with information on development of coloration and patterning". Herpetologica. 54 (3): 370–376. JSTOR 3893155.
  7. ^ "Atelopus zeteki". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  8. ^ "'Last wave' for wild golden frog". BBC. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2015.


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