typhlonectes:  Pirri Range Harlequin Frog (Atelopus glyphus) This critically endangered Stub-f

typhlonectes:

 Pirri Range Harlequin Frog (Atelopus glyphus)

This critically endangered Stub-foot Toad or Harlequin Toad, family Atelopidae, is native to the cool montane forests of NW Columbia and Southern Panama. The female is larger than the male, with maximum lengths reaching 36 mm - males, females - 48 mm. Like the other frogs in this genus, it lays its eggs in strings beneath rocks in fast moving streams. The species has declined considerably due to climate change, habitat disturbance, and the chytrid fungus. A population has been taken into an assurance colony in Panama for breeding and protection from the frog killing chytrid fungus.

photographs by Brian Gratwicke | Smithsonian Tropical Research