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Atelopus varius (Veragoa stubfoot toad)

Synonyms: Atelopus bibronii; Atelopus loomisi; Atelopus varius ambulatorius; Atelopus varius loomisi; Atelopus varius maculatus; Atelopus varius varius

Wikipedia Abstract

The Costa Rican Variable Harlequin Toad (Atelopus varius), also known as the clown frog, is a neo-tropical true toad from the family Bufonidae (Crump 1986). 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 is presumed to be extinct in Panama (IUCN, personal correspondence 2007).
View Wikipedia Record: Atelopus varius

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Atelopus varius

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
63
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.91
EDGE Score: 4.84
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Maximum Longevity [1]  10 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Chocó-Darién moist forests Colombia, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    
Isthmian-Pacific moist forests Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Talamancan montane forests Costa Rica, Panama Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
La Amistad International Park National Park II 541617 Panama, Costa Rica  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama Yes

Predators

Liophis epinephelus (Night Ground Snake)[2]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

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Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Abilene Zoological Gardenszeteki
Audubon Zoozeteki
Bergen County Zoological Parkzeteki
Binder Park Zoozeteki
Bronx Zoo/Wildlife Conservat'n Societyzeteki
Buffalo Zoological Gardenszeteki
Cape May County Park Zoozeteki
Central Park Zoozeteki
Cheyenne Mtn Zoological Parkzeteki
Chicago Zoological Parkzeteki
Clyde Peeling's Reptilandzeteki
Columbus Zoo and Aquariumzeteki
Dallas Zoozeteki
Denver Zoological Gardenszeteki
Detroit Zoological Society
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Dickerson Park Zoozeteki
Fort Worth Zoological Parkzeteki
Fresno Chaffee Zoozeteki
Great Plains Zoozeteki
Houston Zoo, Inc.zeteki
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardenszeteki
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Little Rock Zoological Gardenszeteki
Louisville Zoological Gardenzeteki
Maryland Zoo in Baltimorezeteki
Miami Metrozoozeteki
Miller Park Zoozeteki
Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
National Aquarium in Baltimore Inczeteki
Newport Aquariumzeteki
North Carolina Zoological Parkzeteki
Oakland Zoozeteki
Oglebay's Good Children's Zoozeteki
Oklahoma City Zoological Parkzeteki
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
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Peoria Zoo in Glen Oak Parkzeteki
Potawatomi Zoozeteki
Riverbanks Zoo and Gardenzeteki
Saint Louis Zoological Parkzeteki
San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquarzeteki
San Diego Zoozeteki
Sedgwick County Zoozeteki
Seneca Park Zoozeteki
Smithsonian National Zoological Parkzeteki
St. Paul's Como Zoozeteki
Staten Island Zoozeteki
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoozeteki
The Philadelphia Zoozeteki
Toledo Zoological Gardenszeteki
Toronto Zoo
Utah's Hogle Zoozeteki
Woodland Park Zoological Gardenszeteki
Zoo Atlantazeteki
Zoo New England, Franklin Park Zoozeteki
Zoo New England, Stone Zoozeteki

Range Map

Link to Map

External References

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Citations

Species recognized by , , ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
EDGE analysis provided by EDGE of Existence programme, Zoological Society of London
Range map provided by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Conservation International & NatureServe.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011