Atelopus mucubajiensis
| Atelopus mucubajiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Atelopus |
| Species: | A. mucubajiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Atelopus mucubajiensis Rivero, 1974
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Atelopus mucubajiensis is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, and intermittent rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Geographic Range[]
This species of toad has a very limited range of a merely few square kilometers at the type locality, in the Páramo de Mucubají, in the Sierra de Santo Domingo, Venezuelan Andes. Its altitudinal (height) range is 2,300 - 3,500 meters asl.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Atelopus mucubajiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T54529A109528971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T54529A109528971.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Sources[]
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Atelopus mucubajiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T54529A109528971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T54529A109528971.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Atelopus
- Amphibians of Venezuela
- Endemic fauna of Venezuela
- Taxa named by Juan A. Rivero
- Amphibians described in 1974
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